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Breaking Through Francisco Jiménez Books

I bought *Breaking Through* without realizing that it was a sequel to *The Circuit*. Nonetheless, you aren't lost if you start with *Breaking Through* I loved this memoir because it was one of the best portrayal of a migrant family.

This memoir chronicled the life of Francisco Jimenez from the time that him and his family entered America from Mexico to his entrance into college.

The Jimenez family saved up some money and entered into Mexico illegally. They were soon caught, after a time, and deported back. However, they were able to get papers and return. Despite living in the land of freedom and opportunities, the family has to work hard in order to survive. They worked in strawberry fields, lettuce patches and cleaned buildings.

Francisco is loving school yet struggled to stay on top as he also has to work. His older brother did well in school but worked nearly as much as their often-ill father did. The mother stayed home and took care of the children. However, she often substituted in their work when needed.

*Breaking Through* is a story of a family working together. It's also a story of one finding one's own identity in America. It's also a story of one trying to achieve the American dream.

You'll laugh. You'll cry. If you don't understand the Mexican culture, you'll find yourself puzzled at some things. Coming from a Hispanic family, I found myself nodding and taking strolls in memory lane.

Overall, it's easy reading for a great book.


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Breaking Through Francisco Jiménez Books Reviews

An easy read. A great guideline for teens and how they can be what they want to be.
I listened to the audio version of this book, which I feel is extremely powerful since the narrarator can say words I am not familiar with in Spanish. You almost feel as if you are experiencing the troubles that Panchito experiences. I read this to my class, which mostly consists of children immigrated from Mexico, with households that Spanish is the primary language. The kids went bananas while listening to words they know that the teacher didn't know. Stories of all sorts came to light and descriptive writing came to life. Try this book as well as The Circuit (I like this one best though). If you don't speak Spanish fluently I recommend the audio versions.
Just read this with my 7th graders and it touched them very much! They wrote letters to the author - very genuine and heartfelt. A beautiful tribute to the human element in the issues of immigration, Mexican American farm workers in California and the power of prayer and persistence. Everyone - especially California kids- should read this autobiography
Bought all 3 books - important historical events that are pertinent today with immigrant children - not aliens! Empowered my students and gives one a real experience of someone who came across illegally and is now a PhD at a university!
Once started, could not put down. True stories about a migrant family working in California during the 50's, seen through the eyes of a teen. This is the continuation of The Circuit, stories of when the child was young. This pulled at my heartstrings!
I actually went to Santa Clara University when I had to read this book and Professor Jimenez was teaching, (just not my class at the time)

This is an amazing book. You'd think it'd be so simple, since its for intermediate Spanish classes (I used this in conjunction with reading the Spanish version for my Spanish class) and it helped a LOT.

Simply a great, heart-wrenching novel that you'll fall in love with. I still related to it and I'm not a first-generation immigrant child or anything. I thought the family aspects and personal development in the story were great and I learned a lot of Spanish reading this too. There isn't a whole lot of difficult or ridiculous vocabulary in it either.

Hope this helps,

Daniel
Even though I had never heard of Francisco Jimenez or his story, I really enjoyed reading this book! It was full of detail and depth, explaining every inch of Francisco Jiménez’s life from the time his family escaped Mexico to the time he left his home for college. Francisco explained how his family was caught by the border patrol, how he and his brother Roberto were deported, and then how he snuck back in to the states (with papers).

Francisco did a great job of explaining his family members and the way they interacted. I thought it was so interesting that his father couldn’t speak English, so Francisco made it his job to translate. His descriptions also made me think about how hard it was that his father couldn’t work very often because of chronic back pain. Francisco took a lot of responsibility to work for the family. I wonder how often that might happen today.

Francisco wrote about his experience working as a janitor after school with Roberto to earn money for their room and board and food for their family. Francisco was actually happy to have a job as a janitor. It was better than the thinning lettuce and picking carrots he always had to do at the army barracks where he lived. He had a lot on his plate trying to support his family, make extra money, have friends (not easy with language and cultural barriers), go to school, get good grades, and get into college--with a scholarship. He also talked about people treating him differently because of his race.

The book was full of interesting details and was very easy to follow and understand. I am only in the sixth grade but I still felt this story was a fast and good read. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes to read—especially true and inspiring stories. I will not take my life as an American citizen for granted, which is why I think he probably wrote his story to begin with. It was a great book.
I bought *Breaking Through* without realizing that it was a sequel to *The Circuit*. Nonetheless, you aren't lost if you start with *Breaking Through* I loved this memoir because it was one of the best portrayal of a migrant family.

This memoir chronicled the life of Francisco Jimenez from the time that him and his family entered America from Mexico to his entrance into college.

The Jimenez family saved up some money and entered into Mexico illegally. They were soon caught, after a time, and deported back. However, they were able to get papers and return. Despite living in the land of freedom and opportunities, the family has to work hard in order to survive. They worked in strawberry fields, lettuce patches and cleaned buildings.

Francisco is loving school yet struggled to stay on top as he also has to work. His older brother did well in school but worked nearly as much as their often-ill father did. The mother stayed home and took care of the children. However, she often substituted in their work when needed.

*Breaking Through* is a story of a family working together. It's also a story of one finding one's own identity in America. It's also a story of one trying to achieve the American dream.

You'll laugh. You'll cry. If you don't understand the Mexican culture, you'll find yourself puzzled at some things. Coming from a Hispanic family, I found myself nodding and taking strolls in memory lane.

Overall, it's easy reading for a great book.