Cesar Chavez: Labor Rights Activist

Contributor(s): Mattern, Joanne (Author)

ISBN: 9781502649546

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing

$30.21

Pub Date: December 30, 2019

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2019032217

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: 06 to 09

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 8.60" L x 7.30" W ( 0.61 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Political | Hispanic and Latino

Series: Barrier-Breaker BIOS

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000507279 ( Cesar Chavez: Labor Rights Activist)

Reading level: 3.50

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Growing up in a poor, migrant family, Cesar Chavez knew how hard life could be. As a boy, he went to thirty different schools before finally having to drop out in eighth grade to help support his family. Chavez devoted his life to creating unions and demanding better working conditions for all farmworkers. This gripping biography traces Chavez's life, highlighting the triumphs and difficulties that he encountered. Sidebars and a timeline provide extra information that help show Chavez's importance to workers' movements in the United States and beyond.

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