Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Mariner Books
Keywords: jesse
Number of Pages: 166
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152054251
ISBN-13: 9780152054250
In this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen-year-old Jesse, who has left his parents’ home to live with his older brother. These Mexican American brothers hope junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor. Their struggles are humorous, true to life, and deeply affecting. Young adults will sympathize with the brothers as they come to terms with what is possible for each of them in an imperfect world. Includes a reader’s guide.
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Keywords: tamales
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1996-08-08
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0698114124
ISBN-13: 9780698114128
Maria was feeling very grown-up on Christmas Eve as she helped her mother prepare the tamales for Christmas dinner. When she slipped her mother’s diamond ring onto her finger, she only meant to wear it for a minute. But suddenly, the ring was gone, and there were 24 tamales that just might contain the missing ring. "A warm family story that combines glowing art with a well-written text to tell of a girl’s dilemma."--School Library Journal, starred review.
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Graphia
Keywords: afterlife
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2005-04-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152052208
ISBN-13: 9780152052201
You’d think a knife in the ribs would be the end of things, but for Chuy, that’s when his life at last gets interesting. He finally sees that people love him, faces the consequences of his actions, finds in himself compassion and bravery . . . and even stumbles on what may be true love.A funny, touching, and wholly original story by one of the finest authors writing for young readers today.
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: University of New Mexico Pre
Keywords: dime, nickel
Number of Pages: 189
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0826321860
ISBN-13: 9780826321862
"I’m outta here! I got a future!" crows Roberto Silva when he is down-sized out of his job as a security guard at a bank in Oakland. But Roberto’s future isn’t the one he was looking forward to. This is the 1990s, and upward mobility in the city requires resources that Roberto is short of. Before he knows it, he is living in an abandoned quonset hut and then on the street, where he crosses paths with poet Silver Mendez, a survivor of the 1960s whose luck has run out, and Gus Hernandez, a compadre from his days at the bank. The ups and downs of the lives of men who are always
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Square Fish
Keywords: soto, doctor
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2010-04-27
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0312611897
ISBN-13: 9780312611897
Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work.” With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain.Since he’s a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat dangerous” animalsthat is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from the tooth that’s killing him. How can the kindhearted De Sotos turn him away? But how can they make sure that the fox doesn’t give in to his baser instincts once his tooth is fixed? T
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Graphia
Keywords: onions, buried
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152062653
ISBN-13: 9780152062651
Eddie’s father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it’s a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers--and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies. Includes a reader’s guide and a glossary of Spanish words and phrases.
Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: onions, buried
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0152013334
ISBN-13: 9780152013332
For Eddie there isn’t much to do in his rundown neighborhood but eat, sleep, watch out for drive-bys, and just try to get through each day. His father, two uncles, and his best friend are all dead, and it’s a struggle not to end up the same way. The violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion with its ubiquitous vapors were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers after the death of his cousin and discovers that his closest friends may be his worst enemies.
