"The author's purpose in writing this book is to acquaint the reader with the real-life struggles of a girl growing up in a Mexican migrant farm worker's family. It is a simple story told in a simple way. Her life as a young girl was far from representative of the American experience, for she belonged to a minority of a minority. Her experience and the experience of migrants in general deserve to be understood, for we are a part, even though a small part, of this country of immigrants we call America"--