Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University
Autor Francisco Jiménezen Paperback – 16 oct 2017 – vârsta de la 14 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781328742094
ISBN-10: 1328742091
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 127 x 178 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Clarion Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 1328742091
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 127 x 178 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Clarion Books
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
"Simply written but full of beautiful details, this book should inspire every citizen of our diverse and changing world." —VOYA “From strawberry fields to the Ivory Tower, Santa Clara University professor was a class act.” —San Jose Mercury News “‘Taking Hold’ is an engaging, inspiring account of a migrant worker turned Ivy League graduate.” —New York Daily News "There is a humble sincerity and earnest plainspokenness to Jiménez’s prose. His ingratiating storytelling—who else could make these years of adulthood such a compelling read for teens?—make us root for him to succeed." —Horn Book Magazine "With characteristic grace and insight, [Jimenez] describes his new life in the grit and crush of Manhattan, the initial alienation of being a misfit among peers...and the strain of missing his family and girlfriend in California." —Booklist "An eloquent work about overcoming poverty to receive an advanced education." —School Library Journal —
Notă biografică
Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master's degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is now the chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of his newest novel, Reaching Out. He is the Pura Belpre Honor winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, and La Mariposa. He is also the recipient of the John Steinbeck Award. He lives with his family in Santa Clara, California.