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A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California. In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes -- love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soto, Gary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, [1990]
Edition:10th anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Children's stories, American > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > California > Juvenile fiction.
Short stories.
Histoires pour enfants américaines > 20e siècle.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Children's stories, American.
Mexican Americans.
California.
Mexican Americans > California > Fiction.
1900-1999
short stories.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Nouvelles.
Online Access:Publisher description
http://falcon.jmu.edu/-ramseyil/soto.htm
http://www.garysoto.com/
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Summary:A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California. In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes -- love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
Physical Description:111 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages: 8-12.
Grades: 3-7.
Reading L: 5.1
Awards:John and Patricia Beatty Award winner, 1991.
Pura Belpre Honor, 1996.
ISBN:0152025731
9780152025731
0152025677
9780152025670