Taking hold

By Francisco Jiménez

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Migrant agricultural laborers, Mexican Americans, Mexican American college students, Mexican American families, California, fiction, Fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Children's fiction, Social life and customs, Family, fiction

Description: Continuing the best-selling life stories told in "The Circuit, Breaking Through, "and "Reaching Out, "Francisco Jimenez chronicles his efforts and struggles as he continues his education at Columbia University. In this fourth book in the award-winning memoir series, Francisco Jiménez leaves everything behind in California, a loving family, a devoted girlfriend, and the culture that shaped him, to attend Columbia University in New York City.