Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Strike!
by Larry Dane Brimner
Ages: 14+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
ISBN: 978-1-59078-997-1
Keywords: Civil Rights, Mexican Americans
This account of the California grape strike led by Mexican American César Chávez and Filipino Larry Itliong also explores the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers of America.