Yep, that's border patrol and this family is going to have to find a way around them. There's just one problem: a humongous barbed wire fence patrolled by guards with guns. The narrator and his family call this area la frontera and they can't wait to cross it. the area just south of the California border). While on the train, they chat about what Cali will be like.įast fact: Our narrator has a nickname-it's Panchito.Įventually the train reaches its destination: Mexicali (a.k.a. The narrator and his family hop on a train to California. Fito has some modern amenities like running water and electricity, and Roberto can't wait to have those things too.įinally it's time for the trip. Roberto gets extra amped up after visiting his cousin, Fito, in Guadalajara. The narrator's Mamá, Papá, and older bro Roberto all can't wait to travel to California. And you can bet he's excited.Īnd he's not the only one-the whole entire family is stoked. You see, when he was a kid in the late 1940s, he lived in Mexico in a town called El Rancho Blanco, but his family has been chatting about moving to California. When The Circuit starts, we don't know our narrator's name yet, but we do find out that he's got some seriously big dreams.
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