The Worm in My Tomato

This book's story was inspired by the true life experience of a Mexican American family's participation in the United States Federal Government Immigration Repatriation program motivated by the Great Depression in the 1930's. The father in the family, lacking work, returned to Mexico. The mother in the family, with her five children, all U.S citizens, joined the father to keep the family together. The mother's piety engrosses the story and makes it spiritual. The story tells of their survival in Mexico and their return to the United States, after the death of the father. The book has 456 pages and reads like a novel, and has pictures throughout the book to illustrate the story; the book has a large glossary to to explain terms, places, and activities.