Fields and Crops
Here's the deal: in this book, the fields and crops give us imagery that is both beautiful and backbreaking. Yep, this imagery packs a one-two punch, and is both at once. Hop in the Shmoop-mobile a...
Pennies
Were you as impressed as we were by Francisco's penny collection? He takes good care of those little coins, and shows a lot of pride in them—so when Rorra trades his best two pennies for gumballs...
Francisco's Notepad
Francisco doesn't have a ton of prized possessions. In fact, he hardly has any possessions at all. So when it comes to his precious notepad (a.k.a. his librito), he holds onto that sucker for dear...
Trains
We see trains only a couple of times in The Circuit, but they're super important. Here are the main two places we see them:When Francisco and his family hop on a train to California; and at th...