Help Wanted: Stories Contributor(s): Soto, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0152056637 ISBN-13: 9780152056636 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Soto takes readers into the lives of young people in this collection of ten funny, heartbreaking tales, and reveals the hopes of today's teens. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - General - Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2004007510 |
Lexile Measure: 780 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7" (0.39 lbs) 240 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 86938 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With real wit and heart, Gary Soto takes readers into the lives of young people in ten funny, heartbreaking tales. Meet Carolina, who writes to Miss Manners for help not just with etiquette but with bigger messes in her life; Javier, who knows the stories his friend Veronica tells him are lies, but can't find a way to prove it--and many other kids, each caught up in the difficulties of figuring out what it means to be alive. |
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. |