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Cajas de cartón : relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino / Francisco Jiménez.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000.Description: 125 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 061822615X (Spanish hardcover)
  • 0618226168 (Spanish paperback)
  • 9780618226153 (Spanish hardcover)
  • 9780618226160 (Spanish paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Circuit. Spanish
Subject(s):
Contents:
Bajo la alambrada -- Soledad -- De dentro hacia afuera -- Un milagro en Tent City -- El ángel de oro -- El aguinaldo -- Muerte perdonada -- El costal de algodón -- Cajas de cartón -- El juego de la patada -- Tener y retener -- Peregrinos inmóviles.
Summary: Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library World Languages Collection Jimenez Fra Spanish Available 33111006844316
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library World Languages Collection Jimenez Fra Spanish Available 33111006672873
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California -- to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one palce home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that will open readers' hearts and minds.
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 Reaching Out . He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.

El intenso relato del viaje de una familia a través de los campos de California viviendo una vida en constante movimiento, de campos de fresa a campos de algodón, y de campamentos a cobertizos de un ambiente. Narrada por un joven que anhela estudiar y obtener el derecho de elegir un hogar, esta es una historia de supervivencia, fe y esperanza. Un viaje que abrirá el corazón y la mente de los lectores.
Francisco Jiménez emigró de Tlaquepaque, México, a California, donde por muchos años trabajó junto con su familia en los campos. Obtuvo una maestría y un doctorado en la Universidad de Columbia, siendo actualmente jefe del Departamento de Lenguajes Modernos y Literatura de la Universidad de Santa Clara, el escenario principal de Mas allá de mí. Ha recibido premios por sus obras Cajas de cartón, Senderos fronterizos, La mariposa y Más allá de mí. Reside con su familia en Santa Clara, California

Bajo la alambrada -- Soledad -- De dentro hacia afuera -- Un milagro en Tent City -- El ángel de oro -- El aguinaldo -- Muerte perdonada -- El costal de algodón -- Cajas de cartón -- El juego de la patada -- Tener y retener -- Peregrinos inmóviles.

Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.

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