Taking hold
Subtitle: from migrant childhood to Columbia University
By: Francisco Jimenez
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780547632308
Subjects: Mexican American college students; Mexican Americans; Juvenile literature; Biography
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.
Notes: Sequel to: The circuit, Reaching out, and Breaking through.

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2015

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