The Beet Fields

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Synopsis
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.

Copyright:
2000

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780307514028
Related ISBNs:
9780440415572
Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Gary Paulsen
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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