2005, Bluebonnet Awards, Nominee2004, Pura Belpre Award, Honor Book2005, Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Nominee2004, Christopher Awards, Winner2003, Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature, Honor Book2004, Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee2004, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Winner
In this Pura-Belpre award-winning picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Honree Yuyi Morales, acclaimed author Kathleen Krull celebrates Latinx civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. An inspirational book about resistance and hope.
When Cesar Chavez led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive. Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that--maybe--he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened.
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