| The Miners' Lament: A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike Contributor(s): Dodge Cummings, Judy (Author), Freeberg, Eric (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1631635352 ISBN-13: 9781631635359 Publisher: Jolly Fish Press OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2020050283 |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.8" W x 7.4" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's 1951, and workers at the Empire Zinc mine in Alba, New Mexico, have been striking for months. Among them is Ana Maria Garcia's father, who says they may need to sell her vihuela to pay rent. But her vihuela was a gift from her recently deceased mother, and her dream is to be a corridista, a singer of Mexican ballads. As Ana Maria is drawn to the picket line, she is inspired to write a corrido about her mother and the other women of the mining community. An upcoming talent show may be Ana Maria's chance to earn money for rent and save her vihuela--if she can give voice to the song of her heart. It's the storytellers that preserve a nation's history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events about people whose voices have been excluded, lost, or forgotten over time. |