Book
Breaking Through
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 208
- Words
- 43806
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.3
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 750L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
In this autobiographical sequel to The Circuit, teenage Francisco Jiménez and his family face deportation, poverty, exhausting farm labor, and prejudice while trying to remain together and pursue education and a more secure future.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780618342488
- ISBN-10
- 0618342486
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyEducationNonfictionPeople-Immigrants/EmigrantsPeople-Migrant WorkersSocial Issues-Emigration/ImmigrationSocial Issues-Poverty