Senderos fronterizos (Breaking Through)

Senderos fronterizos (Breaking Through)

by Francisco Jimenez
Senderos fronterizos (Breaking Through)

Senderos fronterizos (Breaking Through)

by Francisco Jimenez

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Overview

At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jimnez finishes telling the story of his youth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780618226184
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 09/30/2002
Series: Cajas de carton , #2
Edition description: Spanish-language Edition
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 66,306
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Language: Spanish
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master’s degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is now the chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of his newest novel, Reaching Out. He is the Pura Belpre Honor winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, and La Mariposa. He is also the recipient of the John Steinbeck Award. He lives with his family in Santa Clara, California.

Table of Contents

Expulsados1
Solos en casa22
En busca de diversiones34
Juntos de nuevo49
De vuelta al campo56
La medalla de San Cristobal65
Escaramuzas veraniegas70
Hacerse Santo80
Los pies descalzos91
Un ascenso95
Una maquina de escribir104
Conexiones108
Corazon partido118
Detras del volante125
Cambio de pagina130
Los Santitos135
Tomando partido141
Escandalos Juveniles147
Postuland a un cargo156
Una nueva vida168
Una prueba de fe173
Una pifia180
Un avance187
El dia de la graduacion200
La mudanza211
Nota del autor221
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