| Breaking Through Contributor(s): Jimenez, Francisco (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756915600 ISBN-13: 9780756915605 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $18.53 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: 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 Jimenez finishes telling the story of his youth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001016941 |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 6.9" (0.50 lbs) 195 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 54159 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |