The Circuit

      One of my favorite books, is named " The Circuit." the author name Francisco Jimenez. I read this book when I was in middle school, living in Bakersfield, California. I can connect with this book because it remind my of my parents.One of my friends told me to read because the knew my family situation. My parents have always been really hard workers. The fields were like their second home because they were always there. I only saw them a few hours at home, then I went to school. I had to take care of my little brother and house. I helped my mother with the house duties, cooking and washing. It was so hard for me to be to keep up with school. My teachers always did the best to help me out. I had to move to different places in California, following my parents work. The hardest thing for me was going to new schools every single time we moved. I hate it, but all I could think was that my parents were working for us. My parents made sure we didn't need anything but, what we needed was their time. I felt tired of the same thing over and over for years. My little brother would always asked me when would our parents would take us for summer vacation. I had no answer because it was so hard for my parents to stop working. My childhood was around fields, and all kind of fruits and vegetables. I remembered I always took fresh fruit to school for snack. Once a I got sick at school and my mother was called to picked me up. The next day some students were making fun of me because my mother was dressed with clothing field the day she came for me. I answer to them that I had the best mother and I was proud of her that she was a hard-working woman. With tears in my eyes I ran out of the class and the teacher followed me. All I could think was that I wasn't ashamed of my parents. From that day on, that made me strong person, who was raised with a hard working parents. I will always remembered this book because it made me realize how hard to for immigrants work out in the fields. I recommend this book to those who are raised like me, who feel proud of being from a hard working family.