Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780395979020ISBN:0395979021
Description: Very Good Plus. Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Inscribed and signed by the Author Currently in print for $16.00. NO marks or underlining. This item is IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN-13:9780395979020ISBN:0395979021
Description: Very Good. 0395979021 Hardback, 116 pages, Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Book shows very little wear, covers have superficial scratches, binding is tight, a little square of sticker residue on the front cover. No handwriting or highlighting found during a cursory search of the pages. The strawberries that you eat with your breakfast cereal are picked by hand. Someone comes to this country to do it. Sometimes it takes the whole family to travel from place to place to survive it and make enough money ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1999-10-25
ISBN-13:9780395979020ISBN:0395979021
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780395979020. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780395979020ISBN:0395979021
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
"This book shows the hard work of an immigrant who comes to America for a better life. The author symbolizes the hard work of one with the harder work of the main character. The book contains many literary devices. This book makes you think about others in such a way that you would not understand the first time. I recommend this book for others who want to be informed about the hard work of immigrants."
"Its stories about an illegal immigrant named Francisco Jimenez. That moved from Guadalajara to California at such a young age. His dad had to work picking strawberries and cotton to thinning lettuce and topping carrots. I liked that in some stories I can some what relate to this stories. I only gave it 3 stars and not more because I did not like the way the he picked different stories instead of just writing about one."
"In all the years I've spent in Arizona, Virginia and California, "migrant workers" or "day workers" have been an ever-present part of the landscape. I never felt any particular prejudice against them, but often thought "that really isn't the most effective way to get work, how do they do it?" This book really pulled back the veil on the lives of these families - the situation of being the child, the youth, the mother, and the father - and the struggle to survive while also trying to experience some of the good that they hoped for in the U.S. I came away with such a love for Francisco, and it was so uplifting to see how his life unfolded. He is a wonderfully noble man."
"This book is an eye opener about the struggles that a Mexican migrant family goes through, seen through the eyes of a young boy. His family entered the US illegally through a hole in the border fence. The family struggled with severe poverty, language barriers in school and at work, and illness which could not be treated properly because of lack of money. They lived in shacks, worked in the fields picking fruit, and moved from place to place to find work. Their story is a story of triumph over hardships.
This book has given me a significantly greater insight into the life of a migrant worker, as well as much more empathy for their plight. It's also given me admiration for the children from these families who break out of the "migrant" mold and achieve assimulation into the American culture because of their diligence, hard work, family support and desire for education.
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
