Breaking Through

by Francisco Jiménez

Breaking Through, LEVEL 2, Young Francisco and his family had a hard life after leaving Mexico. They worked day after day as migrant farm workers in California. etc, Paperback edition by Francisco Jimenez.

Paperback

First published July 25, 2006

About the author

Francisco Jimenez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master's degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is now chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of Reaching Out. He is the award-winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, and his newest memoir, Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.

Author photo courtesy of Santa Clara University.

Reviews

[Ariadna Cornejo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as a project for eight grade about memoirs. It was actually the fourth book I picked up, after small steps, a child called it and it’s sexual. I fell in love with memoirs and the story’s. I picked this up after my teacher recommended it, saying it might be something close to home as I am Mexican. I read it and instantly became obsessed. I couldn’t put it down, the way it was written and how hurtful some of the parts were made it impossible to put down. I read this within a day and a half, when I entered my teachers classroom I had finsihed it and she was shocked. I was already more then half way though the books.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

My ELD students loved this!