A Summer Life
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- Synopsis
- Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles," his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall." The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 150 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780440210245
- Publisher:
- Laurel-Leaf Library
- Date of Addition:
- 06/19/15
- Copyrighted By:
- University Press of New England
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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