Books with title Mirror Mirror Breaking Through

In this Pura Belpré Honor-winning memoir, sequel to bestsellingThe Circuit, Francisco Jimenez tells histimely story about immigrant prejudice, keeping hope alive when there is none and his family’s journey to achieving their American dream.At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow during the late 1950s-early 1960s, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their good-heartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving, Pura Belpré Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth.

At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jimenez finishes telling the story of his youth.

At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow during the late 1950s-early 1960s, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their good-heartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving, Pura Belpré Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth.

Angelica DeMarco is an unknown competitive figure skater from a loud Italian family who lives paycheck to paycheck. She struggles with the insecurities of being a naïve, shy seventeen-year-old while pursuing her dream of competing at the U.S. National Championships. Angelica has only had one successful competition in the last five years. Now in her senior year of high school, her parents have given her one last chance, or she’ll have to hang up her skates. She trains before and after school, and on Saturdays. Sundays she works to pay for her off-ice training. With her grueling training schedule, she doesn’t have much time for friends. She does, however, have a growing crush on her lifelong best friend Mitchell Boggs.Will Angelica get her guy? Will she make it to Nationals? Or will she have to give up on her dreams?

At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jimenez finishes telling the story of his youth.

Angelica DeMarco is an unknown competitive figure skater from a loud Italian family who lives paycheck to paycheck. She struggles with the insecurities of being a naïve, shy seventeen-year-old while pursuing her dream of competing at the U.S. National Championships. Angelica has only had one successful competition in the last five years. Now in her senior year of high school, her parents have given her one last chance, or she’ll have to hang up her skates. She trains before and after school, and on Saturdays. Sundays she works to pay for her off-ice training. With her grueling training schedule, she doesn’t have much time for friends. She does, however, have a growing crush on her lifelong best friend Mitchell Boggs.Will Angelica get her guy? Will she make it to Nationals? Or will she have to give up on her dreams?

A dystopian novel set in the not-so-distant future, where a sixteen year old must do everything she can to not be normal. Which is considerably difficult to accomplish since feather hair and scales are passing fads and considered common. She has to learn what she believes in, and what she'll fight for when she's kicked out of the an election which will lead her to her dream of becoming president. Looking Through the Mirror is an action packed book with characters that constantly surprise and leave you questioning what real is when the very definition is synonymous with deception.