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Francisco Jiménez

Author profile

born

June 29, 1943 in San Pedro, Tlaquepaque, Mexico

gender

male

website

http://www.scu.edu/fjimenez

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Children's Books, Nonfiction

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Francisco Jimenez 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 chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at Santa Clara University, the setting of much of Reaching Out. He is the award-winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, and his newest memoir, Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his family.

Author photo courtesy of Santa Clara University.

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Books by Francisco Jiménez

Average rating: 3.85 · 3,235 ratings · 737 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez, Jimenez 3.83 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez, Francisco Jimenez 3.92 avg rating — 542 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Reaching Out by Francisco Jiménez, Francisco Jimenez 3.88 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	La Mariposa by Francisco Jiménez, Francisco Jimenez, Simon Silva (Illustrations) 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Christmas Gift: El regalo de Navidad by Francisco Jiménez, Claire B. Cotts (Illustrator), Francisco Jimenez 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Identification and Analysis of Chicano Literature by Francisco Jiménez, Francisco Jimenez (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	Reaching Out 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Poverty and Social Justice: Critical Perspectives : A Pilgrimage Toward Our Own Humanity 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987	My rating:
	Ethnic Community Builders: Mexican Americans in Search of Justice and Power: The Struggle for Citizenship Rights in San Jose, California by Francisco Jiménez, Richard A. Garcia, Alma M. Garcia 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Viva la lengua! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating: