El intenso relato del viaje de una familia a través de los campos de California viviendo una vida en constante movimiento de campos de fresa a campos de algodón y de campamentos a cobertizos de un ambiente. Narrada por un joven que anhela estudiar y obtener el derecho de elegir un hogar esta es una historia de supervivencia fe y esperanza. Un viaje que abrirá el corazón y la mente de los lectores. Francisco Jiménez emigró de Tlaquepaque México a California donde por muchos años trabajó junto con su familia en los campos. Obtuvo una maestría y un doctorado en la Universidad de Columbia siendo actualmente jefe del Departamento de Lenguajes Modernos y Literatura de la Universidad de Santa Clara el escenario principal de Mas allá de mí. Ha recibido premios por sus obras Cajas de cartón Senderos fronterizos La mariposa y Más allá de mí. Reside con su familia en Santa Clara California. La frontera . . . I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto my older brother that someday we would take a long trip north cross la frontera enter California and leave our poverty behind. So begins this honest and powerful account of a family s journey to the fields of California--to a life of constant moving from strawberry fields to cotton fields from picking grapes to topping carrots and thinning lettuce from tent cities to one-room shacks. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one place home this is a story of survival faith and hope. It is a journey that will open readers hearts and minds. Francisco Jiménez 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 Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara California with his family.