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Jimenez and his family illegally crossed the border with his family and began working at the age of 6 picking strawberries with his family. After being deported they came to the U.S. legally and worked several different jobs to make ends meet living in their one bedroom house. Jimenez struggled in school but with the help of his teachers he graduated high school. The story ends with Jimenez starting his first day of college.

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Francisco and his family were Catholic and believed in God and trusted that he would help them get out of poverty. Religion is a very important part of this book

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The theme of this book is belonging because through out high school Francisco wanted to be like his friends and although he was proud to be Mexican, he didn't people to know he was from there.

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Francisco Jimenez is the second oldest out of nine children. His family lived in poverty for most of their life.

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This quote is the first sentence in the book. Francisco Jimenez lived in the United States for 10 years of his life as an illegal immigrant from Mexico

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"I lived in constant fear for ten long years, from the time I was four until I was fourteen."'

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Jimenez with his brothers Roberto and José.

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Francisco and his family(1950)

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He is a Mexican-American writer and professor at Santa Clara University

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Jimenez was born in Mexico but illegally crossed the border to California. After getting deported in the eighth grade, he eventually became an American citizen.

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Jimenez was born in Tlaquepaque, Mexico along with his 5 other siblings.

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Born June 29, 1943 - Present

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He is the author of the book Breaking Through