Senderos Fronterizos (Breaking Through) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Francisco Jimenez

Overview

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780613607841
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Edition description:	THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

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 chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of Reaching Out. He is the award-winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, and his newest novel, Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.

Table of Contents

	Expulsados	1
	Solos en casa	22
	En busca de diversiones	34
	Juntos de nuevo	49
	De vuelta al campo	56
	La medalla de San Cristobal	65
	Escaramuzas veraniegas	70
	Hacerse Santo	80
	Los pies descalzos	91
	Un ascenso	95
	Una maquina de escribir	104
	Conexiones	108
	Corazon partido	118
	Detras del volante	125
	Cambio de pagina	130
	Los Santitos	135
	Tomando partido	141
	Escandalos Juveniles	147
	Postuland a un cargo	156
	Una nueva vida	168
	Una prueba de fe	173
	Una pifia	180
	Un avance	187
	El dia de la graduacion	200
	La mudanza	211
	Nota del autor	221

Editorial Reviews

Gr 5-8-These two books together offer first-hand accounts of life as a migrant worker in the United States in the 1950s. Jim nez uses his own biographical details and family stories to paint an intimate and, at times, nostalgic picture of his family's struggles to survive as undocumented workers in California. Although his tone is often sentimental, the author does not attempt to gloss over the daily struggles with hunger, poverty, homelessness, and hard work. The family survives from season to season by following the crops up and down the California coast, living in tent cities and shacks, avoiding la migra ("immigration authorities") and, throughout it all, finding a way to send the children to school. Jim nez presents his story in the first person as seen through a child's eyes, which lends an undeniable authenticity to the anecdotes. Originally published in English in 1997, sections of Cajas de carton have also appeared in periodical publications. The second book, first published in English in 2001, picks up the narrative as Panchito is getting ready for high school but first has to deal with the deportation of his entire family. From these dire beginnings, the story goes on to chronicle the success of the author as he timidly ventures beyond his social sphere, becomes the senior class president, and eventually earns a college scholarship. Both texts have been ably translated by the author. Named a Pura Belpr honor book, both Senderos fronterizos and its prequel belong in every library serving Mexican American populations. The straightforward narrative lends itself to classroom use as well as to independent reading, and it will appeal to adult readers as well as middle-schoolers.
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