Maya’s Reviews > The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child > Status Update

Francisco and the rest of the Jimenez family crossed the border from Mexico illegally and have been living in labor camps. Francisco's mother had two more children, one of which became very sick and nearly died. After a couple of years, Francisco was old enough to go to school. He made a friend who was later deported. They got a pet parrot from another immigrant and they named it Perico but in a fit of drunken rage,