Jimenez, Francisco.

The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child. - New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. - 116 p. ; 18 cm.

[In this novel], intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots - and back again - over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family off four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endues.

ISBN: 0395979021

Subjects--Topical Terms:
California -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile Fiction.
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Juvenile Fiction.
Mexican American families -- Juvenile Fiction.