Pub Date: March 1, 2003
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 92-37905
Lexile Code: 0820
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 7.60" L x 5.00" W ( 0.30 lbs) 160 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories | Lifestyles | City and Town Life | Social Themes | Adolescence and Coming of Age | Hispanic and Latino | General | Diversity and Multicultural | Historical | United States General | Biographical | United States | Family | New Baby | Humorous Stories | Animals | Mammals | Strangers | Values and Virtues
Description: This companion to "Baseball in April" contains 13 witty and energetic stories in which the author illuminates the ordinary lives of young people--all of whom have problems as big as only a preteen can make them.
Brief description:
Gary Soto's first book for young readers, Baseball in April and Other Stories, won the California Library Association's Beatty Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He has since published many novels, short stories, plays, and poetry collections for adults and young people. He lives in Berkeley, California. Visit his website at garysoto.com.
Review Quotes:
"Another first-rate collection from a perceptive and sensitive chronicler of ordinary life." - Horn Book (starred review)
"As always, Soto shows that the concerns and triumphs of Latino children are no different from anyone's, and their misadventures are treated with a light touch." - Kirkus Reviews
"The stories show the humor of growing up as well as the anguish." - Booklist
"Each story is a little treasure of human experience skillfully drawn with poetic sensibility." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)