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Living Up the Street (Laurel Leaf Books)

by Gary Soto

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ISBN13: 9780440211709
ISBN10: 0440211700
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we  see the world of growing up and going somewhere  through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial  side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the  barrio, parochial school, attending church, public  summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he  can join in a Little League baseball team.

  His is a clarity that rings constantly through the  warmth and wry reality of these sometimes  humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.

Review:

“One of those rare books that come from the author’s heart, tempered by his intelligence and made alive by imaginative spirit.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Gary Soto has written six poetry collections, prose recollections, and several books of essays.  His first young adult short story collection, Baseball in April and Other Stories, has been one of the most widely discussed and reviewed books of 1990.  He is Associate Professor of Chicano Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley.  

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mott hall 2s #1 student(quashawn), April 22, 2006 (view all comments by mott hall 2s #1 student(quashawn))
This is an great book about an young Mexican- American kid. Who has it tough growing up in Fresno, California.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780440211709
Other:
Soto, Gary
Author:
Strawberry, Hill Press
Author:
Soto, Gary
Publisher:
Laurel Leaf Library
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Literary
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - General
Subject:
Mexican americans
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography
Subject:
Ethnic - Hispanic & Latino
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Ethnic
Subject:
Community life
Subject:
Poets, American
Subject:
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
Subject:
People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage
Series:
Laurel Leaf Books
Series Volume:
92-2
Publication Date:
February 1992
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
7.06x4.34x.49 in. .20 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17

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