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  • EDITION:
    1st Edition
  • ISBN:
    0395955815
  • ISBN-13:
    9780395955819
  • PUB. DATE:
    August 1999
  • PUBLISHER:
    Cengage Learning
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Cajas de carton: Relatos de la vida peregrina de uno nino campesino (The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child) / Edition 1 by Francisco Jimenez, Luis Leal, Cisneros Blanca Jimenez

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Cajas de Carton: Relatos de la Vida Peregrina de un Niano Campesinoby Anonymous

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'Cajas de Cart?n'meaning 'Cardboard Boxes' in English, is an outstanding literary piece about the hard lives of Mexican migrant workers and their families. The story, as told by a child, whose transient life is reflected in the title of this book, is truly as real to life as it could be. Life for migrant workers and their families could be very well found in cardboard boxes, because that is all they...

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No s?lo para ni?os (Not just for kids)by Anonymous

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El autor, Francisco Jim?nez, cuenta las historias desde el punto de vista de un ni?o y lo hace muy bien. Aunque los cuentos est?n escritos con palabras sencillas, por el cual los ni?os pueden leerlos con facilidad, los adultos - especialmente los que tienen inter?s en la cultura de los inmigrantes mexicanos que viven en los Estados Unidos - tambi?n pueden disfrutar del libro. (The author, Francisco...


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  • Pub. Date: August 1999
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
  • Sales Rank: 469,589

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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 his newest novel, Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.

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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 his newest novel, Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.