Strike: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights

Reviewed by: Lauren Isele - Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 9, 2015

Review

This is a dynamic work of narrative non-fiction by Larry Dane Brimmer a passionate author, teacher and Civil Rights advocate. It tells the interconnected stories of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, the work of activist Cesar Chavez and the formation of the United Farm Workers of America. Brimmer's successful page layouts complement the text. They include full-page black and white photographs and artwork alongside text both in Spanish and English. This well-researched work includes FBI files, personal diaries, letters and newspaper articles. It will incite lively discussions of present day workers' rights, unions, the federal minimum wage, civil rights and immigration reform for grades 6 and up. Timeline, further informational sources, source notes, index and picture credits appended.

This book is recommended for Cream of the Crop.

Overall Book Score: excellent