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      2005., Simon & Schuster Call No: MEMOIR   Edition: Touchstone ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: The author recounts his growing up in poverty in Los Angeles, his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence.
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      2023., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: GN SUG   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Inspired by two real-life trips, in this memoir] sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. At first, Christine struggles to connect with their family they don't yet share a language with. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the cafe where she had her first date with their father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family"--Provided by publisher.
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      2023., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: 920   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--
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      c2009., Pre-adolescent, Magic Wagon Call No: B    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Bio-GraphicsSummary Note: A biography of Cesar Chavez--famous for cofounding the United Farm Workers of America--written in graphic novel format, and describing his early life, education, and activist work.
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      c2005., Juvenile, Compass Point Books Call No: B    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Compass Point early biographiesSummary Note: Examines the life of Cesar Chavez, explaining why he and his family were forced to become migrant farm workers during the Great Depression, and discussing his role in unionizing farm workers to fight for better pay and working conditions.
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      c2003., Primary, Children's Press Call No: Biography CHAVEZ    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Rookie biographiesSummary Note: A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.
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      c2010., Pre-adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: Biography CHAVEZ    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: American heroesSummary Note: Examines the life of Cesar Chavez, discussing his childhood as the son of itinerant farm workers in California, the racism that prompted him to quit school in the eighth grade, the development of his idea to create a farm workers' union, the boycott on California grapes in 1965 that brought attention to the National Farm Workers Association, and his continuing work on behalf of human rights.
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      c2008., Lucent Call No: B    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Cesar Chavez, Mexican American farm worker and civil rights activist, and discusses his migrant childhood, the events leading up to him organizing strikes and protests to battle unemployment, and includes his founding of the Farm Workers Association, and more.