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A farmworking girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers rights in this tenderhearted novel in verse perfect for fans of Rita WilliamsGarcia and Pam Muoz 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 Mam who has mysteriously fallen ill and doing everything she can to avoid Paps volatile temper its 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 Lulas family joins them or not will determine their future

This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains resources to learn more about the subjects explored in the book