The Circuit Author: Francisco Jim?nez | Language: English | ISBN:
B003K16PB4 | Format: EPUB
The Circuit Description
"'La frontera'...I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la frontera, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and 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, from picking grapes to topping carrots and thinning lettuce. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one palce home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that will open readers' hearts and minds.
- File Size: 138 KB
- Print Length: 133 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0395979021
- Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (October 25, 1999)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003K16PB4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,472 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #12
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Short Story Collections - #21
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- #12
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Geography & Cultures > Multicultural Stories > Hispanic & Latino - #20
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Short Story Collections - #21
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Geography & Cultures > Explore the World > Fiction > United States
This is a book that is suitable for all ages. Jimenez manages to describe his childhood in a manner that captivates the reader. I could not put the book down once I began reading. Do not think that just because these events happened long ago,that migrant families do not experience some of the same horrors today, for they do. I teach ESL to adult migrant workers and after reading this book I have an even greater respect for these hard working individuals. The farms and ranches of California could not exist as they do today without migrants who do the back breaking work in the fields. Most evenings at class my students (both men and women) come in directly from the fields, their eyes bloodshot, their hands rough and calloused, their backs bowed over. But they come eager to learn English so they can get a better job, or so they can help their children have a better education. An admirable people and Jimenez's book provides insight into their difficult working and living conditions.
By A Customer
I bought The Circuit because I am working with the children of Mexican migrant families this summer. As I read, I imagined the kids in my class experiencing the difficulties described by Jimenez, especially the poor living conditions. Yet the stories are not written as complaints. The hopeful spirit of the struggling family members really comes through, and moved me to tears more than once. Reading The Circuit has helped me to better understand and appreciate my young migrant friends. I'm passing my copy around so that my friends and family can see why I care about those kids so much!
By A Customer
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