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Más allá de mí : continuación de Cajas de cartón y Senderos fronterizos / Francisco Jiménez.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2009.Description: iv, 214 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0547241747
  • 0547250312
  • 9780547241746
  • 9780547250311
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when his goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's World Languages Collection Jimenez Fra Spanish Available 33111006453464
Total holds: 0

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From the perspective of the young adult he once was, Francisco Jimenez describes the challenges he facesnbsp;whennbsp;continuing his education. During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when his goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico. This is the story of how Francisco copes with poverty, with his guilt over leaving his family financially strapped, with his self-doubt about succeeding academically, and with separation. Once again, his telling is honest and true--and inspiring.

During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when his goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.

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