La Causa: The Migrant Farmworkers Story
Author: de Ruiz, Dana Catherine
Date Published: 1993
The story is about a union of David as referenced in the Biblical story of David and Goliath. The book is written for intermediary students of advanced elementary reading level to those in middle school or junior high. The book jacket introduces the text as such: This is a story about the union of David. They are poor people, migrant farmworkers who harvest the food we eat as they move from place to place in search of work. They work hard and with dignity. They get paid very little and have nothing to make the job easier or more rewarding. They don't have real homes. Their children don't go to school regularly. They don't have much of anything. They are David.
Date Published: 1993
The story is about a union of David as referenced in the Biblical story of David and Goliath. The book is written for intermediary students of advanced elementary reading level to those in middle school or junior high. The book jacket introduces the text as such: This is a story about the union of David. They are poor people, migrant farmworkers who harvest the food we eat as they move from place to place in search of work. They work hard and with dignity. They get paid very little and have nothing to make the job easier or more rewarding. They don't have real homes. Their children don't go to school regularly. They don't have much of anything. They are David.
