Mas alla de mi Reaching Out Spanish Edition (Cajas de carton, 3)

Si estás buscando una historia conmovedora y auténtica, Más allá de mí sería una buena lectura para ti. Escritor Francisco Jiménez escribe sobre su vida universitaria y de un inmigrante cuando él asistía a la Universidad de Santa Clara durante los años sesentas. (¡Advertencia de espoilers!) Los lectores aprenden sobre la lucha de ser una familia de inmigrantes de México en los Estados Unidos. Jimenez tira de las cuerdas del corazón cuando lees que su padre se fue de su familia para México mientras Jiménez estaba en la universidad, y que el hermano de Francisco Trampito no podía asistir a su graduación porque tenía que trabajar. Su historia te hace sentirte más agradecido para tu vida.De una estudiante yo misma, me sentía muy agradecida para la ayuda de mi familia durante mis años universitarios. Si yo hubiera sido Francisco, no habría podido sobrevivir una nota mala o noticias malas sobre mis amados sin el apoyo de mis padres. Cuando yo leí el cuento de la primera reunión de Francisco y su esposa futura, Laura, tenía esperanza para mi vida romántica en universidad, porque soy una romántica incurable y no puedo esperar a encontrar mi persona especial. También yo y mis compañeros de clase le podían entender a Francisco y su experiencia en universidad. De vez en cuando, tu profe no te permite que tú faltes a clase para un evento importante y todavía tengas una oportunidad para entregar su tarea, como padre McQuillan le dijo a Francisco cuando él quería a ir a la marcha de César Chávez. Supongo que unas cosas nunca cambian.Más allá de mí es una buena lectura en español para estudiantes de la destreza intermedia. Cuando yo lo leí, no había hablado en espanol para un año, y todavía yo podía leerlo bien. No solo es una buena segunda entrada a espanol, pero es un cuento muy interesante y verdad sobre la historia de California y los EEUU.

The stories of Francisco Jimenez are inspiring and provide an excellent first-hand account of what Mexican immigrants experience as they try to make a life in this country (US). They are also great reading and practice for native English speakers who are learning Spanish, students in high school and university as well as adult learners.

I've found all three books in this series good for learning Spanish. The stories are engaging. The vocabulary is "Goldilocks" not too hard, not too easy, just right. For me, about 500 new words a book. Means some pages i could make it trough fairly easily, others were harder, but none were impossible. Not too many idioms. I read the books on an iPad with the Collins dictionary app. Simply highlight any words you don't know, then copy the definition into the notes for later review. Then I use a flashcard program to practice the words. Also, make friends with some native speakers so when you run across an idiom you can figure it out. Helps to eat lots of Mexican food as well!

Francisco Jimenez entered the United States as a youngster with his parents who were seeking a better life for the family. They lived in incredible poverty, moving around California, picking agricultural crops. Francisco did not get to go to school until the end of the season each year, often November. His persistence and hard work offered him the opportunity to rise out of poverty to get an education, help his family, and focus on the problems of farm worker conditions.

Love the series of books for reading Spanish. I wish his books were also on audible. I love to read and listen in Spanish to acquire the language. The stories are the life of the author growing up a migrant and now living the American Dream.

I really enjoyed the entire trilogy. This was also a great way to improve my Spanish. The storyline includes vocabulary of daily living as well as vocabulary around education and farming. The storyline is fairly linear so it is easy to follow if Spanish is your second language. I also gained a deeper understanding of the experience of immigrants. Plus, I downloaded a Spanish dictionary onto my Kindle so that I could touch a word that I didn't know and get an immediate translation.

A very moving story of an immigrant's moving away from home to go to college, A unique story but with lots of universal themes such as family, struggles to make ends meet, and love.

This is a true story of someone who started out with a hard life and now is a professor and writing about it. It is fun to read for the intermediate spanish student with only a few unfamiliar words. Those words are good to add to the vocabulary for future conversation.