Doing her bit : a story about the Woman's Land Army of America by Hagar, Erin 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2016)

BTSB #: 410095 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.9 LG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 700

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Woman's Land Army of America - Fiction World War, 1914-1918 - United States - Fiction World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Fiction Agricultural laborers - Fiction Farm life - New York (State) - History - Fiction New York (State) - History - Fiction

Summary: Helen wants to contribute to the war effort after the United States goes to war in 1917--so she joins the Woman's Land Army of America, an organization that trains women to do farm work, replacing the workers drafted into the army.

Esperanza rising by Ryan, Pam Munoz 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2000)

BTSB #: 773724 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: V

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Mexican Americans - California - Fiction Agricultural laborers - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth in Mexico to work in the labor camps of California.

Esperanza rising by Ryan, Pam Munoz 

Paperback(Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002)

BTSB #: 773725 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-14   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 5.5 6-8 Lexile: 750 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Mexican Americans - California - Fiction Agricultural laborers - Fiction California - Fiction

Summary: Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth in Mexico to work in the labor camps of California.

Seed in the sun by Salazar, Aida 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2022)

BTSB #: 774635 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: NP

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970 - Fiction Agricultural laborers - Fiction Strikes - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction

Summary: Lula, a farm-working girl with big dreams, meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights.

Three strike summer by Schrempp, Skyler 

BTSB Prebound(Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 789891 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 770

Genres: Sports Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Baseball - Fiction Agricultural laborers - Fiction Migrant labor - Fiction Family life - California - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on.