Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. San Diego: Harcourt, Inc. 2007
Harvesting Hope tells the life of Cesar Chavez. Starting with his home life when things were good and his family was happy, it goes on to discuss how the circumstances for his family change and he is forced to move to California to look for work as a farm laborer with his family. Disgusted by the unfair treatment he and his coworkers were treated, Chavez organizes a walkout and a march to the capital. He was successful in getting fair wages and health insurance for employees of the company for which he worked. He spent the rest of his life fighting for the fair treatment of workers throughout the world, participating in hunger strikes, ultimately contributed to health ailments that ended his life.
While Krull is not a Latina author she is well informed and talented in the art of biographical writing. Yuyi Morales earned an Honor mention for the 2008 Pura Belpré award for the illustration.
Many children grow up without any knowledge of who Cesar Chavez was and what he accomplished over the course of his life. Krull gives an accurate portrayal of what life was like for most of the farm laborers before they were able to unionize and fight for their rights. Krull’s depiction connects children to his struggles and enables them to picture what was so important to many Latinos in this country and many people throughout the world.
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