Francisco Jimenez

The Circuit

1 - The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child (Oct-1997)
2 - Breaking Through (Sep-2001)
3 - Reaching Out (Aug-2008)

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  The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
  

  • Oct-1997
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  The Circuit - 1
  

  Poignantly told from a young boy’s perspective, the popular and award-winning memoir centered on a Mexican family working California’s fields is now a powerful graphic novel that will appeal to readers of Illegal and They Called Us Enemy. An...

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  La Mariposa
  

  • Oct-1998
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  In his first year of school, Francisco understands little of what his teacher says. But he is drawn to the silent, slow-moving caterpillar in the jar next to his desk. He knows caterpillars turn into butterflies, but just how do they do it? To find o...

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  The Christmas Gift
  

  • Oct-2000
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  With honesty and grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this beautifully illustrated picture book. As Christmas approaches, Panchito can’t wait to see what present he gets. But on Christmas Day, ...

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  Breaking Through
  

  • Sep-2001
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  The Circuit - 2
  

  At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. an...

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  Reaching Out
  

  • Aug-2008
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  The Circuit - 3
  

  From the perspective of the young adult he was then, Francisco Jiménez describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to continue his education.
  During his college years, the very family solidarity that allowed Francisco to survive as a child i...

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Award-Winning Books by Francisco Jimenez

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
1997 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature -- Fiction
1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Fiction & Poetry