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Living Up the Street (Laurel Leaf Books)

by Gary Soto

ISBN13: 9780440211709
ISBN10: 0440211700
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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.

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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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ISBN:: 9780440211709
Other:: Soto, Gary
Author:: Strawberry, Hill Press
Author:: Soto, Gary
Publisher:: Laurel Leaf
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
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Biography
Edition Description:: Mass market paperback
Series:: Laurel Leaf Books
Series Volume:: 92-2
Publication Date:: 19920201
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: from 7
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 176
Dimensions:: 7.06x4.34x.49 in. .20 lbs.
Age Level:: 12-17

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