| The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer Contributor(s): Paulsen, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375873058 ISBN-13: 9780375873058 Publisher: Rh Childrens Books OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011280169 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.35 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 42979 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust--always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He's living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He's tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he's pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby. |