Cajas de Cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) Contributor(s): Jiménez, Francisco (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618226168 ISBN-13: 9780618226160 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: September 2002 Annotation: Without sentiment or melodrama, this wonderful book perfectly portrays an immigrant child's view of leaving Mexico for California in the 1940s to pursue a better life. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 9704844 |
Lexile Measure: 880 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 6.8" (0.20 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: El intenso relato del viaje de una familia a trav s de los campos de California viviendo una vida en constante movimiento, Cajas de cart n es el primer libro en la serie ganador del Honor Pura Belpre de Francisco Jim nez. Desde campos de fresa a campos de algod n, y de campamentos a cobertizos de un ambiente. Narrada por un joven que anhela estudiar y obtener el derecho de elegir un hogar, esta es una historia de supervivencia, fe y esperanza. Un viaje que abrir el coraz n y la mente de los lectores. A powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California--to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one place home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that will open readers' hearts and minds, and the first volume in a Pura Belpre award-winning series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jimenez, Francisco: - 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 award-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. |