Francisco Jimenez, Author Audio Bookshelf $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-883332-45-7
Gr 4-8-Jim nez has created a moving autobiography that some critics have compared to John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. The story, originally published in English as The Circuit, begins in Mexico when the author is very young and his parents...
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Francisco Jimenez, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (208p) ISBN 978-0-618-01173-5
Francisco Jiminez continues the moving tale of his early youth begun with a dozen autobiographical short stories in The Circuit. Breaking Through chronicles the author's teenage years. At the age of 14, Francisco and his family are caught by la ...
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Francisco Jimenez, Author, Simon Silva, Illustrator, Simin Silva, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-395-81663-9
A Spanish-speaking boy struggles through first grade in this disjointed tale. Arriving in January for his first day of school, Francisco, the son of a migrant worker, gets a headache as he listens to all the other children speak English; his name is
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