Breaking Through Francisco Jiménez

Breaking Through

Author: Francisco Jiménez
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Book Title
Breaking Through
Author
Francisco Jiménez
ISBN
9780618342488
In this Pura Belpr Honor-winning memoir, sequel to bestsellingThe Circuit, Francisco Jimenez tells histimely story about immigrant prejudice, keeping hope alive when there is none and his family's journey to achieving their American dream. At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jim nez, 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 Belpr Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jim nez finishes telling the story of his youth. Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Francisco JiménezPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 10/01/2002ISBN: 9780618342488Pages: 208Weight: 0.35lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.60dReview Citations: Kliatt 01/01/2003 pg. 27Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 54159 / Breaking ThroughReading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7
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    In this Pura Belpr Honor-winning memoir, sequel to bestsellingThe Circuit, Francisco Jimenez tells histimely story about immigrant prejudice, keeping hope alive when there is none and his family's journey to achieving their American dream.

    At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jim nez, 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 Belpr Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jim nez finishes telling the story of his youth.



    Binding Type: Paperback
    Author: Francisco Jiménez
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
    Published: 10/01/2002
    ISBN: 9780618342488
    Pages: 208
    Weight: 0.35lbs
    Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d

    Review Citations: Kliatt 01/01/2003 pg. 27

    Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 54159 / Breaking Through
    Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7
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