Norine Joy Francis

Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.

Quando o pai falece, Will Stoneman tem que cuidar da mãe e de suas terras. Para salvar sua familia da ruína financeira o rapaz de dezessete anos se inscreve em uma corrida de trenó de 522 milhas.