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Migrant worker : a boy from the Rio Grande Valley /

Describes the way of life of Mexican American families and their children who work as migrant agricultural laborers in Texas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane
Other Authors:	Migdale, Lawrence (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, 1996.
Subjects:	Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley > Juvenile literature. Child migrant agricultural laborers > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley > Juvenile literature. Mexican American families > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley > Juvenile literature. Mexican American children > Employment > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley > Juvenile literature. Mexican Americans > Texas. Migrant labor. Agricultural laborers.

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