| Living Up the Street Contributor(s): Soto, Gary (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0440211700 ISBN-13: 9780440211709 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: February 1992 Annotation: In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Laurel-Leaf Books |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 4.34" W x 7.06" (0.20 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 79633 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances. |