Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University
by Francisco Jiménez
This final book in Francisco Jiménez’s memoir cycle that began with The... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 44,699
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1060L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173972, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Social life and customs
- Mexican American college students
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Jimaenez, Francisco
- New York (State)
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Mexican American families
- Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States
- Mexican American families--Fiction
- California--Social life and customs--Fiction
- Columbia University
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Francisco Jiménez
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Francisco Jiménez
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Francisco Jiménez “Transformational Power of Education”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 4
Meet-the-Author Movie with Francisco Jiménez
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Francisco Jiménez “Transformational Power of Education”
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Interview with Francisco Jiménez
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Interview with Francisco Jiménez
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 1
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
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