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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
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English
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Diego y su familia son trabajadores migratorios que se trasladan de un estado a otro de acuerdo con el tiempo de las cosechas. Pero, no importa donde Diego vaya, él siempre lleva su radio.
As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and help connect him to all the different places in which he lives.
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Español
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"I tell you, God could care less about the poor. Tell me, why must we live here like this? What have we done to deserve this? You're so good and yet you suffer so much," a young boy tells his mother in Tomás Rivera's classic novel about the migrant worker experience. Outside the chicken coop that is their home, his father wails in pain from the unbearable cramps brought on by sunstroke after working in the hot fields. The young boy can't understand...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.
Algo especial sucedió cuando Dolores Huerta y César Chávez se conocieron. Ellos lucharon juntos por los derechos de los campesinos. Lado a lado cultivaron esperanza, cambiando el curso de la historia.
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viii, 247 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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Elio Morillo tenia cuatro anos cuando una serie de dificultades economicas y familiares obligaron a su madre a abandonar Ecuador con el. En Nueva York, y mas tarde en Puerto Rico, gracias a los sacrificios y el apoyo incondicional de su mama, Elio descubrio el poder transformador de la educacion y el esfuerzo, asi como de la amistad y la ayuda desinteresada de los desconocidos. Su determinacion lo llevo a trabajar en el Laboratorio de Propulsion a...
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7 audio discs (8 hrs., 9 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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When his father is injured in a tractor accident, eleven-year-old Tyler finds himself at odds as migrant Mexican workers are illegally hired to upkeep the family farm. As the migrants live in constant fear of deportation, Tyler strikes up a friendship with the family's oldest daughter, Mari.
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1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage.
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