The circuit

stories from the life of a migrant child

About this book

These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots - and back again - over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.

Subjects

  • bilingual books, spanish-english
  • california, fiction
  • children's fiction
  • emigration and immigration, fiction
  • familias mexicano-americanas
  • ficción
  • fiction
  • fiction, family life
  • mexican american families
  • mexican americans
  • mexican americans, fiction
  • mexicano-americanos
  • migrant agricultural laborers
  • social life and customs
  • spanish language materials
  • trabajadores migratorios agrícolas
  • vida social y costumbres