About this title: A collection of 12 short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farm workers.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 146 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. Stickers/stamps present from library. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 146 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Good. Mild shelf and corner wear; Minor soiling to page edges; Mild wear to spine hinges; Mild rubbing and wear to covers and spine; Some mild pen marks on both covers; Minor wear mark on back cover from trying to remove a pen mark; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A. : University of New Mexico Press, 1997
Description: ISBN: 0826317979, Small trade paperback, 1st edition, inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper; light wear and rubbing to covers and cover edges, former owner's name inside, 12mo., 134 pages., read more
Description: Good. GOOD with average wear to cover and pages. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Acceptable. Average reading condition. There are portions of the book that are highlighted and have hand written notes. There is wear and tear present. This item was a donation to Goodwill of Greater Washington. Thank you for your purchase. Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 146 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. OFF THE PRESS NEW. We ship 4 times a week, With FREE tracking! ! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 146 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. read more
Edition: F First Paperback Edition
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780826317971ISBN:0826317979
Description: Good-Cheap Reading Copy. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall A Good cheap reading copy. One wrap corner peeling and curling with dog-eared pages. Creasing and edge/corner wear to wraps. Light soiling to page edges; light ink to endpaper. 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."
"Gr 8 & Up- An audio book, Francisco Jimenez was born in Mexico, entered California illegally as a very young child, and spent his boyhood alternating between migrant farm work and the classroom. This collection of autobiographical short stories was written years later, when Jimenez had become an established professor at Santa Clara University (CA), but they give immediate access to the feelings of the growing boy. Adrian Vargas reads in a lightly accented English, offering a voice that is evidently that of the full grown man remembering, rather than that of the youth he remembers. Each story is simple, direct, and redolent with the smells of the earth, the sounds of the ever-changing home with its growing number of siblings, and the amazing experiences each new schoolroom offers. The frustrations range from those specific to poverty and migrancy, including the inability to follow up on promises made by a good teacher because the family moves on the day the offer of trumpet lessons has been proffered, through the universal experience of an older brother saddled with an ignorant younger sibling who insensitively feeds his prized penny collection into the grocery store's gumball machine. In the end, your heart sinks as he awaits excitedly for the teacher to come into the classroom. And when he she did, she was with the officers who had come to deport the boy from the country. You can feel the pain."
"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."
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