The circuit stories from the life of a migrant child

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Summary

"'La frontera'...I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la frontera, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and powerful account of a family's journey to the fields of California — to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks, from picking grapes to topping carrots and thinning lettuce. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one palce home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that will open readers' hearts and minds.

Contents

Under the wire
Soledad
Inside out
Miracle in Tent City
El Angel de Oro
Christmas gift
Death forgiven
Cotton sack
The circuit
Learning the game
To have and to hold
Moving still
A note from the author.

Additional Information

Subjects	Mexican Americans California Social life and customs Juvenile fiction Migrant agricultural laborers California Juvenile fiction Mexican American families California Juvenile fiction Biography & Autobiography Multi-Cultural History Juvenile Nonfiction Electronic books.
Publisher	Boston :Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,1999 HarperCollins1999
Other Titles	Breaking through. Stories from the life of a migrant child
Contributors	OverDrive, Inc.
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: Kindle Book Format: Adobe EPUB eBook Requires Amazon Kindle or Adobe Digital Editions
Description	1 online resource
ISBN	9780547377209 9780547377209
Other	Classic View