Author
Francisco Jiménez
2 books here
Breaking Through
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 750L · 2002
The most unflinching and unsentimental migrant-family memoir for middle grade; kids see dignity and agency alongside real hunger and discrimination.
Reaching Out
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 750L · 2008
Honest, moving account of a real person's college years amid migrant farmworker poverty—the best introduction to structural inequality and first-generation aspiration for this age.