The Circuit Characters

Your search for the head honcho in this book is over: it's Francisco. Hands down. In fact, this book is so much about Francisco that we don't learn a ton about most of the other characters—that's...

Did we forget to mention that there's a superhero in this tale? Because there kind of is: Mamá is the super woman of The Circuit. She's married to Papá, and by the end of the book she's got six k...

Papá is Francisco's dad and Mamá's hubby, and he works hard to keep his family together. Okay here's the truth: Papá can be grumpy. He's under a ton of stress in this book and we can't blame him...

Roberto is Francisco's big brother, and a majorly supportive big brother at that. He's the oldest sibling in his family, so he's always looking out for everyone, Francisco included, and he works ha...

Francisco has four younger siblings: three little brothers—Trampita, Torito, and Rubén—and one little sister, Rorra. For the most part, we don't learn much about any of these tykes. In fact, t...

We only meet Mr. Lema for about a second, but he has a gigantic impact on Francisco, so he's super important. You know how most of the other teachers just ignore Francisco, and don't really care th...

Mr. Sims is the principle at Main Street School in Santa Maria, and Francisco meets him on his very first day in elementary school. But his role doesn't stop there, because he also helps Roberto fi...

There's a hotheaded fellow in this book, and he goes by the name Gabriel. This chap shows up in Santa Maria where Francisco is picking strawberries with his dad and big bro. Gabriel has three kiddo...