The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child
Jimenez, Francisco (, 1943-)
The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child / Francisco Jiménez - 1st ed - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , c1997. - x, 134 p. ; 18 cm.
These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots--and back again--over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope and back-breaking work, the family endures.
9780826317971
97004844
Migrant workers----Juvenile fiction.
Mexican American families----Fiction
California----Juvenile fiction
PS3560.I55 / C57 1997
JUV FIC JIM
The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child / Francisco Jiménez - 1st ed - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , c1997. - x, 134 p. ; 18 cm.
These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots--and back again--over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope and back-breaking work, the family endures.
9780826317971
97004844
Migrant workers----Juvenile fiction.
Mexican American families----Fiction
California----Juvenile fiction
PS3560.I55 / C57 1997
JUV FIC JIM
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