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.

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Migrant workers----Juvenile fiction.
Mexican American families----Fiction


California----Juvenile fiction

PS3560.I55 / C57 1997

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