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Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton, 1) Paperback - 2002
by Jiménez, Francisco
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- Paperback
Without sentiment or melodrama, this wonderful book perfectly portrays an immigrant child's view of leaving Mexico for California in the 1940s to pursue a better life.
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- Title Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton, 1)
- Author Jiménez, Francisco
- Binding Paperback
- Edition None
- Condition Used - Ships same or next business day
- Pages 144
- Language SP
- Publisher Clarion Books, Boston
- Date 2002-09-29
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # H109-081423-AM-LT-214
- ISBN 9780618226160
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
Summary
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.
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2003, Page 1076
- Criticas, 01/01/2003, Page 0
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2002, Page 122