"Cajas de Cartón" By Francisco Jiménez Is A Great Intro To Latin-American Life And Literature

Dear Josie,

Thanks for your email.

"Cajas de Cartón" is the first book in Francisco Jiménez' autobiographical series recounting his life as an illegal Mexican migrant boy.

Here's a free pdf of the entire text: https://1.cdn.edl.io/slrXZpPhuWX63r3Rchap9a4R5SazegLGOlY8vwuvnj82F716.pdf

And here's a two-part interview with Francisco Jiménez
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqvKOXr-d4  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWL2d_NYLKc

Pax et amore

Alan