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The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
by Francisco Jimenez
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Synopses & Reviews After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.
So begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jiménez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947.
"The Circuit," the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At long last, Jiménez offers more about the wise, sensitive little boy who has grown into a role model for subsequent generations of immigrants.
These independent but intertwined stories follow the family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots--and back again--over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures. Synopsis: A collection of 12 short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farm workers.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780826317971
- Subtitle:
- Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
- Author:
- Jimenez, Francisco
- Author:
- Jimenez
- Publisher:
- University of New Mexico Press
- Location:
- Albuquerque :
- Subject:
- California
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Short Stories (single author)
- Subject:
- Mexican americans
- Subject:
- Short stories
- Subject:
- Customs & Traditions
- Subject:
- Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino
- Subject:
- Migrant agricultural laborers
- Subject:
- Mexican American families
- Subject:
- Mexican American families -- California -- Fiction.
- Subject:
- People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Series Volume:
- 2
- Publication Date:
- October 1997
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 146
- Dimensions:
- 710x480x39 31
- Age Level:
- 12-17
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