| Local News: Stories Contributor(s): Soto, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 015204695X ISBN-13: 9780152046958 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92-37905 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 31564 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In thirteen stories full of wit and energy, Gary Soto illuminates the ordinary lives of young people. Meet Angel, who would rather fork over twenty bucks than have photos of his naked body plastered all over school; Philip, who discovers he has a mechanical mind, whatever that means; Estela, known as Stinger, who rules Jos 's heart and the racquetball court; and many other kids, all of them with problems as big as only a preteen can make them. Funny, touching, and wholly original, Local News is Gary Soto in top form. |
Contributor Bio(s): Soto, Gary: - 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 www.garysoto.com. |