The Circuit
Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child
University of New Mexico Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 1997
A collection of twelve short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farmworkers.
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- Who it’s for
- Twelve stories offer an intimate view of childhood in a Mexican migrant farmworker family.
- Themes
- Migrant farmworker childhood
- Genres
- Immigration & Moving, US: Hispanic & Latino Stories, Historical Fiction
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A collection of twelve short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farmworkers.
Childhood in Fragments
Twelve stories offer an intimate view of childhood in a Mexican migrant farmworker family.
Come here for
- A young boy’s perspective on family life and growing up
- Short stories that invite reading one at a time
Expect
- Childhood experiences narrated by the author
- A sustained account gathered across twelve stories
Where it sits
| US: Hispanic & Latino Stories | 67% |
|---|---|
| Immigration & Moving | 47% |
| Historical Fiction | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Hispanic & Latino Stories
- Authors
- Francisco Jiménez
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Published
- October 1, 1997
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Migrant farmworker childhood
- Reading lane
- US: Hispanic & Latino Stories