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The pecan sheller / Lupe Ruiz-Flores.

Van Pelt Library PZ7.R88666 Pe 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ruiz-Flores, Lupe, author.
Contributor:
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Strikes and lockouts--Juvenile fiction.
Strikes and lockouts.
Employee rights--Juvenile fiction.
Employee rights.
Pecan--Juvenile fiction.
Pecan.
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Grief.
Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans.
San Antonio (Tex.)--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
San Antonio (Tex.).
Strikes and lockouts--Fiction.
Employee rights--Fiction.
Pecan--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
San Antionio (Tex.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Physical Description:
249 pages ; 20 cm
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2025]
Summary:
In 1930s San Antonio, after her father's death, thirteen-year-old Petra must quit school to work at a pecan shelling factory where dangerous conditions and low wages push her to take a vital stand for change.
Other Format:
Online version: Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. Pecan sheller
ISBN:
9798765610527
OCLC:
1432153891

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