A review by gretchface85
A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar

I picked this book up off a shelf at our library because I was drawn to the cover and wanted to know more. When I saw that it was about the 1965 Delano Grape Strike I had to get it. I grew up very close to Delano and, just like I said in my review of Esperanza Rising, I grew up with many friends whose families were migrant  farm workers and it’s an important story to be told and represented. This particular book is written  in a poetic form that made it easy to read. The story is pretty hard in parts, especially in terms of abuse in the home as well as the treatment of the people doing farm labor. However, it does have an uplifting ending with redemption in the family, so I would probably recommend it for 8th or 9th grade. There’s a great author’s note at the end, which includes her reasons behind the language that is used especially in reference to different people groups and derogatory terms. 
I’m so glad I picked this up and plan to bring it back for 8th or 9th grade reading for my younger son. Would pair great with units on the dust bowl, labor strikes, CA history, etc.