Books tagged: migrant workers

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Riding the Waves...Lake Michigan Cowboy    by Joe Novara
Price: $2.99 USD. 34970 words. Published on January 2, 2010. .

At Lake Michigan with his aunt and uncle, Nick meets a girl riding a chestnut gelding in the morning surf . Bull riding, Cassidy the bareback surf rider, her jealous friend Roy, windsurfing, CPR at the beach, rounding up buffalo, Sara the migrant worker, Knuck the lazy border collie, team penning, Nick tries it all.
The Least Preacher    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 7400 words. Published on July 7, 2010. .

"There is a lot of red clay and long nights in every line Janice Daugharty puts on paper." Pat Conroy Duncan finds his lost faith hiking the roads to country churches with his nephew, who he passes off as the world's littlest preacher. Duncan used to be a preacher himself; his father was too. But as he tells the boy, "You gotta have a hook, or else be called. And you gotta leave the women alone
Suffer the Little Children    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 4490 words. Published on October 15, 2010. .

Dot Knight and her Sunday school class visit the local migrant workers camp to invite them to revival at the Baptist church. The object is to fill a pew and make points for the pious Miss Dot with the preacher. The children have no trouble communicating because of recognition of common hardships and play. But Miss Dot makes a mess of both languages and is sent on her way.
The Patron of the Arts    by Dwayne Phillips
Price: $0.99 USD. 6780 words. Published on March 15, 2011. .

Will is the grandson of migrant workers in California. His escape from that life is his writing. When he gets his big break, he learns that his patron owns the rights to all his work. Can Will, and two friends find a second escape?
Trouble in the Labor Camp    by John D Nesbitt
Price: $0.99 USD. 28480 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery  on January 14, 2012. .

Novella - To find work in the early sixties, Morgan Cross follows the crops and stays out of trouble. But there's something different about this labor camp. Is Morgan ready to seek something better, or is meeting a certain girl just making him restless? Tension builds in the camp with fights and drinking, and then a murder. Will Morgan find himself in more trouble than he can handle?