02387cam a2200457 4500 2655616626 TxAuBib 20260115120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798765651094 B0DPGQ73P1 Amazon 0789ce50-6b09-49dc-9adc-f66ad1ca436f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11413711 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. The Pecan Sheller [Libby eBook]. Lerner Publishing Group, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. hispanic heritage month. Historical Fiction. realistic fiction. Mexican American. Great Depression. labor history. middle grade. factory work. san antonio. History. Latina. latinx. 1930s. Texas. In 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother struggling to make ends meet, Petra has to drop out of school to shell pecans at a factory. Hoping it's only temporary, she tries not to despair over the grueling work conditions. But after the unhealthy environment leads to tragedy and workers' already low wages are cut, Petra knows things need to change. She and her coworkers go on strike for higher wages and safer conditions, risking everything they have for the hope of a better future. "Heart-warming and enraging in equal parts, this important American story reveals the power of family, community, and hope."—Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times-bestselling author A Junior Library Guild Selection. Juvenile Literature. Historical Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-01-14 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0789ce50-6b09-49dc-9adc-f66ad1ca436f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0789ce50-6b09-49dc-9adc-f66ad1ca436f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)