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 honest and evocative account of a family’s journey from Mexico to the fields of California—and to a life of backbreaking work and constant household moves—as seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for education and the right to call one place home.
A popular choice for community reads, as well as school curricula and curriculum adoptions, Francisco Jiménez’s award-winning memoir, now brought to life in Celia Jacob’s beautiful and resonant artwork, is a powerful story of survival, faith, and hope. ---from the publisher
240 pages 978-0358348221 Ages 8-12
Keywords: graphic non-fiction, memoir, biography, immigration, Hispanic and Latino, migrant workers, family life, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, main character male, Social Studies Curriculum
