Francisco Jiménez

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.

From 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...

Traces the author's education at Columbia University, where he struggled with cultural differences and a changing sense of identity.

En este ultimo libro de su premiada serie de memorias, Francisco Jiménez deja todo atrás en California-una familia cariñosa, una novia devota, y la cultura que lo formó-para asistir a la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York. Rara, honesta y auténtica de la experiencia de los latinos en los Estados Unidos de América, Pasos firmes ahora esta disponible en Español. In this final book in his award-winning series of memoirs, Francisco Jiménez...

A la edad de catorce anos, Francisco Jiftrienez,/ junto con su madre y Roberto, su hermano mayor, es capturado por la migra. Obligada a abandonar su hogar en California, la familia entera viaja en autobus durante veinte horas, hasta llegar a la frontera mexicano-estadounidense en Nogales, Arizona, En los meses y anos subsiguientes, Francisco, su madre y su padre, asi como su hermana y sus cuatro hermanos, no solo luchan para mantener junta a su familia,...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Because he can only speak Spanish, Francisco, son of a migrant worker, has trouble when he begins first grade, but his fascination with the caterpillar in the classroom helps him begin to fit in.

Now a powerful graphic novel, this award-winning memoir is an honest and evocative account of a family's journey from Mexico to the fields of California as seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for education and the right to call one place home.

Multiple realities and ice cream! Anna's project is due today, but one more day to work on it would really help. At least, until she notices shadows flickering. Anna begins the day again in class. Through shadows shifting to become something else, she becomes trapped in a haunted house while searching for one of her friends. In another reality, she stays at a hotel with her friends during a storm as a nightmare unfolds. Join Anna for a scary tale...