Return to Ramos by Leo Cardenas, Illustrated by Nilo Santiago

When Juan José Ramos and his family return home to Ramos after picking cotton in West Texas, they find their daughter Chita leading a school boycott. At first Juan José argues that the children are wrong: because the students are protesting, the Anglos are denying work to their parents. But at a meeting of the school board and parents, Juan José suddenly stands up to tell the community things he never dared say before…