Senderos fronterizos: Breaking Through (Spanish Edition)

by Francisco Jimenez

Overview

A la edad de catorce anos, Francisco Jiftrienez,/ junto con su madre y Roberto, su hermano mayor, es capturado por la migra. Obligada a abandonar su hogar en California, la familia entera viaja en autobus durante veinte horas, hasta llegar a la frontera mexicano-estadounidense en Nogales, Arizona,
En los meses y anos subsiguientes, Francisco, su madre y su padre, asi como su hermana y sus cuatro hermanos, no solo luchan para mantener junta a su familia, sino que enfrentan tambien una aplastante pobreza, largas horas de trabajo y flagrantes prejuicios racistas. La manera en que ellos logran mantener su esperanza, tenacidad y generosa bondad se revela en esta emocionante continuacion de Cajas de carton. Sin amargura ni sentimentalismo, Francisco Jimenez termina de contar la historia de su juventud. Una vez mas -sus palabras, sencillas pero potentes, permitiran a los lectores abrir sus mentes y sus corazones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547531021
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/01/2002
Series:	Cajas de carton , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	471,805
File size:	362 KB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years
Language:	Spanish

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 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 Pura Belpre Honor 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.

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.
—Maria Otero-Boisvert, "Criticas" Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

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