During the Great Depression, many people had to work long hours and were barely paid enough to survive. Cesar Chavez felt this treatment was unfair and worked to secure more rights. He formed a Union and led strikes and marches that forced landowners to increase wages and improve working conditions. This account shows how Chavez inspired others, proving that it was not necessary to resort to violence to produce change.
Ginger Wadsworth is the author of many nonfiction titles for young readers, including, for Clarion,
Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers, which was named a Nonfiction Honor Book by
VOYA and received the Western Writers of America Spur Award. She lives in Orinda, California. You can learn more about her at
www.gingerwadsworth.com.