A Seed in the Sun

A Seed in the Sun - Paperback

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A Seed in the Sun - Paperback

A Seed in the Sun - Paperback

by Aida Salazar
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by Aida Salazar (Author)

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A farm-working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights in this tender-hearted novel in verse, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Lula Viramontes aches to one day become someone whom no one can ignore: a daring ringleader in a Mexican traveling circus. But between working the grape harvest in Delano, California, with her older siblings under dangerous conditions; taking care of her younger siblings and Mamá, who has mysteriously fallen ill; and doing everything she can to avoid Papá's volatile temper, it's hard to hold on to those dreams.

Then she meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and realizes she may need to raise her voice sooner rather than later: Farmworkers are striking for better treatment and wages, and whether Lula's family joins them or not will determine their future.

Author Biography

Aida Salazar is an award-winning author and arts activist whose writings for adults and children explore issues of identity and social justice. She is the author of the critically acclaimed middle grade verse novels The Moon Within and Land of the Cranes, as well as the picture book anthology In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color. Aida is a founding member of Las Musas--a Latinx kidlit debut author collective. She lives with her family of artists in a teal house in Oakland, CA.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.75 x 7.81 x 5.09 IN
Publication Date: June 25, 2024
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Seed in the Sun
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 4
ISBN9780593406625
Author Aida Salazar
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
GenreChildren and Society & culture
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages272
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Aida Salazar

Aida Salazar is an award-winning author and arts activist whose writings for adults and children explore issues of identity and social justice. She has written several multi-award-winning middle-grade verse novels, including The Moon Within, Land of the Cranes, and Ultraviolet, an ALA Notable and Pura Belpré Honor Book. Her acclaimed picture books include the Caldecott Honor Book Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter, illustrated by Molly Mendoza, and In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color. Salazar lives with her family of artists in Oakland, California.

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