

<DIV>5-7</DIV>
JUVENILE NONFICTION
40 Pages, 12 x 9
Formats: Hardcover Picture Book, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
Hardcover Picture Book, $30.00 (US $30.00) (CA $38.00)
Publication Date: April 2008
ISBN 9780916727338
Rights: WOR
Wings Press (Apr 2008)
A vivid depiction of the early injustices encountered by a young Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920's, this book tells the true story of Emma Tenayuca. Emma learns to care deeply about poverty and hunger during a time when many Mexican Americans were starving to death and working unreasonably long hours at slave wages in the city's pecan-shelling factories. Through astute perception, caring, and personal action, Emma begins to get involved, and eventually, at the age of 21, leads 12,000 workers in the first significant historical action in the Mexican-American struggle for justice. Emma Tenayuca's story serves as a model for young and old alike about courage, compassion, and the role everyone can play in making the world more fair.
Un vívido retrato de las primeras injusticias que enfrentó una joven mexicoamericana en San Antonio en la década de 1920, este libro narra la verdadera historia de Emma Tenayuca. Emma aprende a preocuparse profundamente por la pobreza y el hambre en una época en la que muchos mexicoamericanos morían de hambre y trabajaban jornadas desmedidamente largas por salarios de miseria en las fábricas descascaradoras de nueces de la ciudad. Gracias a una aguda percepción, empatía y acción personal, Emma comienza a involucrarse y, finalmente, a los 21 años de edad, lidera a 12 000 trabajadores en la primera acción histórica significativa en la lucha mexicoamericana por la justicia. La historia de Emma Tenayuca sirve como modelo de valentía y compasión tanto para jóvenes como para adultos, demostrando el papel que todos podemos desempeñar para hacer del mundo un lugar más justo.
"Tells of Ms. Tenayuca's life, not as an organizer, orator, or leader but as a girl whose sharp mind and compassion for others sows the seeds of activism." —National Catholic Reporter
Carmen Tafolla is one of the most anthologized of all Latina poets, with poems for both adults and children appearing in more than 200 anthologies. She is the author of the Bluebonnet Award-nominated Baby Coyote and the Old Woman. Sharyll Teneyuca is a social justice lawyer and the niece of Emma Tenayuca. Terry Ybáñez is the illustrator of Christmas Tree: El Árbol de Navidad and Hairs/Pelitos. They all live in San Antonio, Texas.