When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.

These stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots-- and back again-- over a number of years.

Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice. This volume is the autobiographical account of the author's transition from migrant living on California's central coast to the life of a college student. He chronicles his college years and introduces the people who befriended him as well as those who had prejudices against Mexicans. Throughout his story, the difficulties...