Breaking Through by Jimenez, Francisco
	List Price:   $9.99 Unit Price:   $7.99 You Save:   $2.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0618342486 ISBN-13:   9780618342488 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Sandpiper Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   October 2002 Pages:   208 Format:   Paperback Ages:   12 to Grades:   7 to
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Subjects
JUVENILE FICTION General; JUV011030; JUVENILE FICTION School & Education
Description/Notes
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimnez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jimnez finishes telling the story of his youth.