The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Jiménez's memoir of his childhood and adolescence is presented as a collection of 12 hauntingly spare short stories that can either stand alone or be read as a continuous narrative. A poignant, childlike voice is consistently maintained throughout, even as he writes of the subhuman living conditions and constant fear that were realities for his migrant family. This collection, which won the Américas Award, Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award, and a Jane Addams Honor, was first published as a paperback original by University of New Mexico Press in 1997. © Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older
Age Range:
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Formats:
Novel
Short Stories
Subjects:
Families
Fear
Immigration and Immigrants
Mexicans and Mexican Americans
Migration
Work and Labor
Diversity subject:
Latinx
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Publish Year: 1999
Pages: 116
ISBN: 0395979021
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Jimenez