Breaking through, Francisco Jiménez
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Breaking through, Francisco Jiménez
Language
eng
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Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Breaking through
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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Francisco Jiménez
Series statement
Francisco, 2
Summary
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, 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 during the late 1950s-early 1960s, 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 good-heartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving, Pura Belpré Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth
Target audience
adult
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