ISBN: 9780152025670 0152025677

Category: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino

Page count: 111

<p>In Gary Soto's acclaimed short story collection, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure.</p> <p>Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, Soto brings to life the joy and pain of young people everywhere.</p> <p>From crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, and embarrassing grandfathers to annoying brothers, Little League tryouts, and karate lessons, Soto writes about everyday life with humor and empathy. This moving collection--an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Booklist Editors' Choice, and Horn Book Fanfare Selection--expresses the truths of growing up.</p> <p>"[Soto's] sensitivity to young people's concerns and his ability to portray the world as it is perceived by children is nothing less than remarkable." --Los Angeles Times Book Review</p> <p>Plus don't miss Gary Soto's Local News, which The Horn Book called a "first-rate collection from a perceptive and sensitive chronicler of ordinary life."</p>