In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure.
Awards: ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Booklist Editors\' Choice, Horn Book Fanfare Selection, Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book, Parenting Magazine\'s Reading Magic Award, John and Patricia Beatty Award.
Glossary of Spanish terms included.
The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these Stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
Crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, embarrassing grandfathers, imposter Barbies, annoying brothers, Little League tryouts, and karate lessons weave the colorful fabric of Soto\'s world.
The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California\'s Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of eleven short Stories that reveal big themes in the small events of daily life.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Booklist Editor\'s Choice, Horn Book Fanfare Selection.
The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these Stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to us all.
In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure
