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The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child / Francisco Jiménez

By:

Jimenez, Francisco, (, 1943-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , c1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 134 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780826317971

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

JUV FIC JIM

LOC classification:

PS3560.I55 C57 1997

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Juvenil	Juvenil	JUV FIC JIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		056452

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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.

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