Senderos fronterizos

Senderos fronterizos by Francisco Jiménez (Estados Unidos)          

Autobiography, 222 pages         

Senderos fronterizos picks up the story of Jiménez’s young life with his itinerant farmworker family where Cajas de cartón left off with “Panchito” and his brother deported to Mexico. Upon their return to California, he strives to succeed in school as his family moves again and again following the harvests in Central California. Now Panchito/Frankie is in his adolescent years, working multiple jobs while going to high school and, as his father is increasingly disabled, becoming the principal support of his family of ten. Teachers talk to him about attending college, but is it even remotely possible? This realistic account of the Mexican American immigrant experience offers a moving and enlightening read.

For mid-intermediate and above; readers of all ages