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The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

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Based on 7,060 Ratings and 956 Reviews

Book Description
After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.

So begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jim�nez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947. More
Book Information
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
BindingPaperback (24 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages134
ISBN-100826317979
ISBN-13978-0826317971
Publication Date10/01/1997
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About Francisco Jimenez (Author) : Francisco Jimenez is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Francisco Jimenez include The Circuit (Unabridged), The Christmas Gift: El regalo de... more
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