Reaching Out
Reeks: The Circuit
Francisco Jiménez
- “This
- sequel
- to
- Breaking
- Through
- and
- The
- Circuit
- again
- brings
- to
- the
- forefront
- the
- daily
- trials
- of
- poor
- immigrant
- families
- .
- .
- .
- compelling
- and
- honest.”—School
- Library
- JournalFrom
- the
- perspective
- of
- the
- young
- adult
- he
- was
- then,
- Francisco
- Jiménez
- describes
- the
- challenges
- he
- faced
- in
- his
- efforts
- to
- continue
- his
- education.During
- his
- college
- years,
- the
- very
- family
- solidarity
- that
- allowed
- Francisco
- to
- survive
- as
- a
- child
- is
- tested.
- Not
- only
- must
- he
- leave
- his
- family
- behind
- when
- he
- goes
- to
- Santa
- Clara
- University,
- but
- while
- Francisco
- is
- there,
- his
- father
- abandons
- the
- family
- and
- returns
- to
- Mexico.
- This
- is
- the
- story
- of
- how
- Francisco
- coped
- with
- poverty,
- with
- his
- guilt
- over
- leaving
- his
- family
- financially
- strapped,
- with
- his
- self-doubt
- about
- succeeding
- academically,
- and
- with
- separation.
- Once
- again
- his
- telling
- is
- honest,
- true,
- and
- inspiringA
- Smithsonian
- Magazine
- Best
- Book
- of
- the
- Year“Rooted
- in
- the
- past,
- Jiménez’s
- story
- is
- also
- about
- the
- continuing
- struggle
- to
- make
- it
- in
- America,
- not
- only
- for
- immigrant
- kids
- but
- also
- for
- those
- in
- poor
- families.
- Never
- melodramatic
- or
- self-important,
- the
- spare
- episodes
- will
- draw
- readers
- with
- the
- quiet
- daily
- detail
- of
- work,
- anger,
- sorrow,
- and
- hope.”—Booklist
- (starred
- review)“In
- this
- eloquent,
- transfixing
- account,
- Jiménez
- again
- achieves
- a
- masterful
- addition
- to
- the
- literature
- of
- the
- memoir.”—Smithsonian
- Magazine“No
- one
- who
- reads
- these
- life
- stories
- will
- forget
- them.
- Jiménez
- reaches
- out
- to
- let
- us
- walk
- in
- his
- shoes,
- feel
- his
- pain
- and
- pride,
- joy
- and
- sorrow,
- regrets
- and
- hope.”—Sacramento Bee
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