mexican american families

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mexican american families

Cajas de cart?n

relatos de la vida peregrina de un ni?o campesino
2000
Francisco Jimenez chronicles the experiences he had after his family left Mexico for California when he was just a child.

Calling the doves

1995
A bilingual story in English and Spanish in which the author recalls his childhood in the mountains and valleys of California with his Mexican-American migrant farmworker parents who inspired him with poetry and song.

House of houses

1997
A memoir of the author's Mexican-American family in El Paso, Texas, told through the voices of several generations of relatives, both living and dead, with photographs and genealogical charts.

The circuit

stories from the life of a migrant child
1997
Explores a migrant family's experiences moving through labor camps, facing poverty and impermanence, and discusses how they endure through faith, hope, and back-breaking work.

Caramelo, or, Puro cuento

a novel
2002
Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

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