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by: Gary Soto
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780152025670
ISBN: 0152025677
Label: Harcourt Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harcourt Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: April 01, 2000
Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 37971
Studio: Harcourt Paperbacks
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In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes--love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
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Rating:  - Baseball in April Mr. Martell's review
My 6th grade summer class and I decided to read Baseball in April in order to get to know Gary Soto's writing style a bit better. We were not disappointed. The students were able to choose from the 11 short stories which ones to read first. We started with "La Bamba;" it was an interesting story, particularly since most of my students are Hispanics. The students were able to identify with the most of the settings and characters. Other stories that the kids of any background will find interesting ... Read More
Rating:  - Baseball in april,and other stories
Wow! Thats a lot of stories!Baseball in april has 11 differant stories. This book is about everyday things. It featuressports, love, school, and age. This book by Gary Soto is great in detail and strong emotion. Are you looking for a good book? Try this one!
Rating: - Baseball in april and other stories
The book Baseball in april and other stories is a book based on different stories in it. I think that it's a fun book to read for us teens because if you find the first story boring or you not interested in the story, you can go to the next story. I think books like that have different stories that relate to each other(I guess. There were only about three (3) stories that I didnt like or it was just boring to me.
My favorite story was a story called "broken chain". I liked it because it ... Read More
Rating: - Great storytelling
I discovered Gary Soto's poetry in a public library in Nebraska. Then I read his short stories, my favorite being "Baseball in April." Like his poetry, these stories are beautiful in that they reveal a child's inner thought life; they also show the challenges that teenagers go through.
Soto takes us back to his childhood in California. The stories occur in sunny Fresno, which is in the Central Valley. The characters, dilemmas, and emotions that he evokes are so real that I often read them ... Read More
Rating: - good
The reason that I think this book is very good is because,of various reasons. One reason i think this book is very good is cause in the book the kids sound like they are having fun and its very realistic
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