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Journey to the Farm by Jackson District Library is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Journey to the Farm about?

<p><P><b>A blending of rich Mexican and American cultural traditions</b><P><i>My name is Ram&oacute;n Ernesto Ram&iacute;rez, but everybody calls me Monchi. I live on a ranch that my great-grandfather built a long time ago when this land was still part of Mexico. That was before the United States bought it in 1854 and moved the line.</i><P>Every day, Monchi and his five brothers and sisters take a long, bumpy bus ride to Coyote School, where there are twelve students who each write for Coyote School News. Through their articles and drawings we learn all about their exciting 1938 school year-from the Christmas pi&ntilde;ata, the new baseball team, and the Perfect Attendance Competition to La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, the biggest annual ranch celebration.<P>This eventful story, illustrated in full color, is based on an actual collection of newspapers written by students of Arizona ranch-country schools between 1932 and 1943.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Inspired in part by newsletters written by students at Arizona ranch country schools in the '30s and '40s, Sandin (The Long Way Westward) combines a first-person narration by a fourth-grader, Monchi Ram rez (whose family lives on the

Who reads Journey to the Farm?

Author

Jackson District Library

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805065589

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.92 / 5 (24 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14