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Krull, Kathleen

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

48 pp. | Harcourt | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201437-3 $$17.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Showing how Chavez developed into an advocate and spokesman for migrant workers, Krull focuses on the march he led as part of a grape-pickers strike. The brief text creates a complex view of Chavez, and the mixed-media paintings are suffused with a variety of emotions. There are no sources, but this is an excellent choice for furthering understanding of racism, of nonviolent protest, and of the lives of workers before unions.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2003