A Seed in the Sun
Written by Aida Salazar
Published by Dial Books
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.
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.
Look for the Spanish version, Una Semilla al Sol (A Seed in the Sun).
Primary ISBN: 9780593406601
Publication Date: October 2022
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Middle Grade, Age 09 or older
Community Represented: Mexican/Mexican American
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Genre: Historical, Migrant/Seasonal Worker, Multilingual: Spanish Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: United States (Delano CA)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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Source: Penguin