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LOCAL NEWS: STORIES Paperback - 2003
by Gary Soto
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This companion to "Baseball in April" contains 13 witty and energetic stories in which the author illuminates the ordinary lives of young people--all of whom have problems as big as only a preteen can make them.
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Details
- Title LOCAL NEWS: STORIES
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-03-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4WILKM00DR8R
- ISBN 9780152046958 / 015204695X
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 820
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Themes
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Ethnic Orientation: Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Children's stories, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-37905
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
In thirteen stories full of wit and energy, Gary Soto illuminates the ordinary lives of young people. Meet Angel, who would rather fork over twenty bucks than have photos of his naked body plastered all over school; Philip, who discovers he has a "mechanical mind," whatever that means; Estela, known as Stinger, who rules José's heart and the racquetball court; and many other kids, all of them with problems as big as only a preteen can make them.
Funny, touching, and wholly original, Local News is Gary Soto in top form.
Funny, touching, and wholly original, Local News is Gary Soto in top form.
First line
LIKE MOST OF HIS FRIENDS at school, Angel had an older, mean brother who pushed him around and played dirty tricks on him.