by Francisco Jiménez

Francisco Jiménez Biography
This biography describes the hardships and challenges author Francisco Jiménez faced as a child. Like Panchito in "The Circuit," Jiménez spent his childhood as a migrant farm worker, with little time for education and learning the English language. Imagine yourself living in a foreign country unable to read or speak the language and only able to attend school for part of the year. Write several paragraphs about how you would handle this difficult situation.