So begins this honest and powerful account of a familys j. Give us 5 mins as well as we will show you the very best book to check out today. Francisco jimenez immigrated from tlaquepaque, mexico, to california, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. It was assigned reading in my conversational spanish class and i could not put it down. So begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by professor francisco jimenez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947.
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