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When the dead body of a young woman is found on the grounds of Belle Vie, the estate's manager, Caren Gray, launches her own investigation into Belle Vie's history, which leads her to a centuries old mystery involving the plantation's slave quarters--and her own past.

Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.

"We Had Our Reasons is a collection of poems created by Ricardo Ruiz in collaboration with other members of his Mexican farm community in Eastern Washington. The poems, vivid and pointed, guide the reader through the thoughts and struggles that come with the decision to leave one's home in Mexico, and travel to this remote, rural community of the United States. Through the book access is provided to readers; stories that have gone untold for generations...

When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes glossary and author's note about illegal immigration and undocumented workers.

While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.

From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming...

Lu̕ca loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Pàp. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Pàp is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends the summer months harvesting produce on faraway farms, Lu̕ca watches the skies for signs of the monarchs'--and her pàp's--return. A...

Un joven conejo llamado Pancho espera ansiosamente el regreso de su papá que se fue hace un par de años al norte a buscar trabajo en los grandes campos de zanahorias y lechugas para ganar dinero para su familia. Pero cuando papá no regresa a casa el día señalado, Pancho sale a buscarlo. Empaca la comida favorita de su padre—mole, arroz y frijoles, tortillas aún calientes y una jarra de aguamiel fresca—y se dirige al norte. En el...

""Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa!" Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights."-- Cover page 4.

These stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots-- and back again-- over a number of years.