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Senderos Fronterizos

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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Sin amargura ni sentimentalismo, Francisco Jiménez termina de contar la historia de su juventud en esta conmovedora secuela a Cajas de cartón. 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. Zusammenfassung Sin amargura ni sentimentalismo, Francisco Jiménez termina de contar la historia de su juventud en esta conmovedora secuela a Cajas de cartón .  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....

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Authors Francisco Jimenez, Francisco/ Jimtnez Jimenez, Francisco Jiménez
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
 
Languages Spanish
Age Recommendation ages 8 to 12
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.09.2002
 
EAN 9780618226184
ISBN 978-0-618-22618-4
No. of pages 222
Dimensions 127 mm x 171 mm x 19 mm
Series Cajas de carton
Subjects Children's and young people's books
Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Social Topics / Assimilation *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Boys & Men *, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Activism & Social Justice, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Activism & Social Justice

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