Breaking Through
by Jimenez, Francisco
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618011730
- ISBN 13
- 9780618011735
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Synopsis
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, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth.
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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q08D-02164
- Title
- Breaking Through
- Author
- Jimenez, Francisco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0618011730
- ISBN 13
- 9780618011735
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Ma
- This edition first published
- 2001-08-27
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