Francisco Jiménez

The Circuit Graphic Novel (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Jacobs, Celia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 Californiaand to a life of backbreaking work and constant household movesas 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780358439349
• Artikelnr.: 72299269

Autorenporträt

Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master's degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is now the chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of his newest novel, Reaching Out. He is the Pura Belpre Honor winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, and La Mariposa. He is also the recipient of the John Steinbeck Award. He lives with his family in Santa Clara, California.