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Cargando... Breaking Through (edición 2001)por Francisco Jimenez
Información de la obraSenderos fronterizos : continuación de Cajas de cartón por Francisco Jimenez
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Writer/ Professor Francisco Jiménez writes about his teenage years living in a labor camp, facing deportation, and wanting to excel in high school. From picking carrots to thinning lettuce, and working custodial jobs, Jiménez succeeds in school, becomes student body president, and teaches himself to dance. He must help his family of 6 by working after his father becomes ill and depressed. He remembers in sharp detail employers, teachers, and guidance counselors who helped him along the way. ( ) The second in a trilogy of memoirs from Francisco Jimenez, this focuses on California high school for Panchito, whose family brought him into the USA illegally in the middle of the 20th century, and who returned with a green card after the family was deported. The initial portion of the book focuses on eighth grade, when the author and his fifteen year old brother lived alone picking crops and as janitors, while going to school and feeding themselves, while his parents and younger siblings stayed behind for a few more months in Mexico. I found myself surprised that anyone thought this was a good idea and not just a chance to get attention from the authorities, but apparently it was not a big deal that a couple teenagers lived alone in a barracks without drinking water for months on end, had jobs under the age of 16, and all the rest. I'm inclined to chalk that up to different times more than anything, but even that is quite a cultural difference. I loved and I am worried by how many caring adults intervened in his life to guide him to the future he was able to get, and by how much is serendipity. I'm sure that a lot of that is in the narrative that Jiménez understands and tells about himself -- but even so, there is an awful lot of helping and noticing and guiding, everything from the idea that this kid who wants to be a teacher should be immediately switched to academic college prep classes rather than vocational classes, to the Spanish teacher coming to visit his parents so they could have a conversation about college, to his senior counselor calling in a favor with someone in admissions at Santa Clara University to allow Jiménez to be considered after the deadline, which he let pass because his family needed his wages just to stay afloat. For me, this is primarily a powerful story of what caring adults can do to facilitate kids dreaming bigger and achieving their goals, and how much patience and attention are needed for success to even have a chance. 4.5**** This autobiographical novel is the sequel to Jimenez’s striking first work, chronicling his family’s life as migrant workers in late 1940s California. The novel picks up where The Circuit left off and focuses on Frankie’s junior high and high school years. A bright child, he worked to help support his family and worked doubly hard at his studies with the dream of becoming a teacher. It is a story about perseverance and determination, about the cruel realities of poverty in this land of plenty, about the value of a good education, and about opportunity extended by those who recognized something special in a child. Jimenez doesn’t call these books memoirs, though they rely heavily on his own experiences. He must rely on sketchy memories of his youth, and obviously had to create dialogue that, while true to the essence of what was occurring in the story cannot possibly be completely accurate; and so he calls his works fiction. The novels are written so that they are accessible for the middle-school student, but have sufficient depth to be enjoyed by adults. This sequel to the author's original book The Circuit outlines the true life story of Jimenez and his immigrant family. At the age of 14, just when things were looking better, his family was caught by immigration authorities and sent back to Mexico. Through sheer tenacity, they passed required tests and were allowed back into the states. Continuing to live in grinding, never ending, gritty poverty, the family worked together to find a way to survive. Very intelligent, bright, and determined, Francisco excelled at school. Through his hard work and dedication, he graduated from high school, and with the help of excellent teachers/mentors who cared, was able to apply and receive scholarship for college. He went on to receive both his masters degree and his Ph D from Columbia University. The book cover states he is the Fay Boyle Professor of Modern Language and Literature, and director of the ethnic studies program at Santa Clara University. I couldn't help but route for this young man! Never giving up, always determined, eyes of the prize, he is a shining example of success. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A la edad de catorce anos, Francisco Jiftrienez,/ junto con su madre y Roberto, su hermano mayor, es capturado por la migra. Obligada a abandonar su hogar en California, la familia entera viaja en autobus durante veinte horas, hasta llegar a la frontera mexicano-estadounidense en Nogales, Arizona, En los meses y anos subsiguientes, Francisco, su madre y su padre, asi como su hermana y sus cuatro hermanos, no solo luchan para mantener junta a su familia, sino que enfrentan tambien una aplastante pobreza, largas horas de trabajo y flagrantes prejuicios racistas. La manera en que ellos logran mantener su esperanza, tenacidad y generosa bondad se revela en esta emocionante continuacion de Cajas de carton. Sin amargura ni sentimentalismo, Francisco Jimenez termina de contar la historia de su juventud. Una vez mas -sus palabras, sencillas pero potentes, permitiran a los lectores abrir sus mentes y sus corazones. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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