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Author:

Jiménez, Francisco, 1943-

Title:

The Circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child / Francisco Jiménez.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

1999, c1997

Description:

116 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Mexican Americans--California--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Fiction.
Mexican American families--California--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--California--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Fiction.
Mexican American families--California--Fiction.

Contents:

Under the wire -- Soledad -- Inside out -- Miracle in Tent City -- El Angel de Oro -- Christmas gift -- Death forgiven -- Cotton sack -- The circuit -- Learning the game -- To have and to hold -- Moving still.

Summary:

These stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots-- and back again-- over a number of years.

ISBN:

9780395979020
0395979021

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42706849

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

MVPA943 -- Callender Heritage Public Library (Callender)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

NQPA983 -- Joice Public Library (Joice)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)