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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
Español
Description
Bajo la alambrada -- Soledad -- De dentro hacia afuera -- Un milagro en Tent City -- El ǹgel de oro -- El aguinaldo -- Muerte perdonada -- El costal de algodn̤ -- Cajas de carton̤ -- El juego de la patada -- Tener y retener -- Peregrinos inmv̤iles.
Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.
Author
Publisher
Lectura Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Carlito is given an ultimatum by his father to give up his association with the gang or suffer the consequences when he is pressured into retaliating against the killers of a gang member. Presented in Spanish on one side and upside down in English on the other.