The Circuit Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 26, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s perspective gives this memoir’s migration and fieldwork story an intimate, unsentimental pull.
- Themes
- Migration and belonging, Farm labor, Survival, faith, and hope
- Genres
- Comics Biographies, Immigration & Emigration, Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)
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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.
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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.
A Child’s View
A child’s perspective gives this memoir’s migration and fieldwork story an intimate, unsentimental pull.
Come here for
- A graphic memoir seen through a boy’s eyes
- Migration, farm labor, and the search for home
Expect
- Resonant artwork alongside themes of survival, faith, and hope
Where it sits
| Comics Biographies | 91% |
|---|---|
| Immigration & Emigration | 62% |
| Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.) | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids
- Books for Boys
- Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)
- Family Life
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- Mexico for Kids
- Poverty & Homelessness
- Self-Esteem & Independence
- Immigration & Emigration
- Authors
- Francisco Jiménez
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 26, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Migration and belonging · Farm labor · Survival, faith, and hope
- Reading lane
- Cultural Heritage Biographies for Kids