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| gary soto background: The Skirt Gary Soto, 2012-11-28 For fans of Gary Soto and Matt de la Peña comes a tale of a contemporary Mexican-American family with a spunky and imaginative heroine (Publishers Weekly). Miata Ramirez is scared and upset. The skirt she brought to show off at school is gone. She brought her forklorico skirt to show off at school and left it on the bus. It’s not just any skirt. This skirt belonged to Miata’s mother when she was a child in Mexico. On Sunday, Miata and her dance group are supposedgoing to dance forklorico, or traditional Mexican folk dances; and that kind of dancing requires a skirt like the one Miata lost. It’s Friday afternoon. Miata doesn’ t want her parents to know she’s lost something again. Can she find a way to rescue the precious skirt in time? With its focus on family ties, friendship, and ethnic pride and Includes an afterword from its acclaimedthe author, The Skirt is a story that children everywhere will relate to and be inspired by, no matter their background. A light, engaging narrative that successfully combines information on Hispanic culture with familiar and recognizable childhood themes....A fine read-aloud and discussion starter, this story blends cultural differences with human similarities to create both interest and understanding.—SLJ “Light, easy reading . . . offering readers a cast and situations with which to identify, whatever their own ethnic origins.”—The Bulletin Soto's light tale offers a pleasant blend of family ties, friendship and ethnic pride...[and Miata is] a spunky and imaginative heroine.—Publishers Weekly |
| gary soto background: Living Up The Street Gary Soto, 2012-06-27 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. |
| gary soto background: The Tale of Sunlight Gary Soto, 1978 |
| gary soto background: A Readers Guide to Gary Sotos Taking Sides Jen Jones Donatelli, 2010-01-01 An introduction to Gary Soto's novel Taking sides for high school students, which includes biographical background on the author, explanations of various literary devices and techniques, and literary criticism for the novice reader--Provided by publisher. |
| gary soto background: Jesse Gary Soto, 2006 Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor. |
| gary soto background: Chato's Kitchen Gary Soto, 1995 Chato decides to throw a pachanga for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party, but when it is time to party, Novio Boy cannot be found. |
| gary soto background: A Fire in My Hands Gary Soto, 2013-10-22 An expanded version of A Fire in My Hands, Gary's Soto's acclaimed collection of poems about growing up Latino, now in paperback. |
| gary soto background: What Poets Are Like Gary Soto, 2013-08-20 Gary Soto is a widely published author of children's and young adult fiction, and he is an acclaimed poet--often referred to as one of the nation's first Chicano poets. With a sharp sense of storytelling and a sly wit, What Poets Are Like is a memoir of the writing life that shares the keen observation, sense of self and humor of such writers as Sherman Alexie and Nora Ephron. In some 60 short episodes, this book captures moments of a writer's inner and public life, close moments with friends and strangers, occasional reminders of a poet's generally low place in the cultural hierarchy; time spent with cats; the curious work of writing. He tells the stories of his time spent in bookstores and recounts the glorious, then tragic, arc of Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley, ending with the author whose scheduled event fell on the day after the business shut down, but who stood outside the locked door and read aloud just the same. As all writers do, Soto suffers the slings and arrows of rejection, often from unnamed Midwest poetry journals, and seeks the solace of a friendly dog at such moments. Soto jabs at the crumbs of reward available to writers--a prize nomination here, a magazine interview there--and notes the toll they take on a frail ego. The pleasure Soto takes in the written word, a dose of comic relief plus his appreciation of the decisive moment in life make this an engaging and readable writer's confession. |
| gary soto background: The Pool Party Gary Soto, 2013-05-29 Rudy Herrera is surprised and excited when he gets an invitation to a pool party. It's from Tiffany Perez, the richest and most popular girl in school. Rudy's grandmother, El Shorty, thinks he is going off to shoot pool. His sister, Estela, warns him not to make a fool of himself, or worse, embarass her. Rudy's father teaches him how to make small talk and tells him Tiffany will like him because he's a real person, not a phony. All Rudy cares about is what to wear, what kinds of dives to do, and what to bring Tiffany. When the big day arrives, Rudy is in high spirits. Will he make a big splash at the pool party? From Grandfather El Shorty to Little Rudy, the Herreras are a family who not only live and work together, but love and enjoy one another. Gary Soto, poet and storyteller, gives young readers a story of simple pleasures, simply told and simply wonderful. |
| gary soto background: The Rifle Gary Paulsen, 2006 In this Paulsen classic, a treasured rifle passed down through generations isthe cause of a tragic accident. |
| gary soto background: Petty Crimes Gary Soto, 1998 A hard-hitting short story collection takes a hard look at teens and preteens on the edge. |
| gary soto background: Buried Onions Gary Soto, 2006 When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California. |
| gary soto background: Chato and the Party Animals Gary Soto, 2005 The coolest cat in the barrio is back! Chato decides to throw a pachanga for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party, but when it is time to party, Novio Boy cannot be found. |
| gary soto background: Accidental Love Gary Soto, 2006 The award-winning author of Baseball in April and Other Stories deftly captures all the angst, expectation, and humor that comes with first love in this swift, lighthearted romance. |
| gary soto background: Marisol Gary Soto, 2004-12 For use in schools and libraries only. When her parents move away from their close-knit central Chicago neighborhood and thus her dance classes, Marisol--a lively ten-year-old who loves to dance--realizes that she can keep her passion for dancing no matter where she lives. |
| gary soto background: Local News Gary Soto, 2001 A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.[ |
| gary soto background: Local News Gary Soto, 2003 In thirteen stories published with wit and energy, Gary Soto illuminates the ordinary lives of young people. |
| gary soto background: Novio Boy Gary Soto, 2006-06-01 Rudy anxiously prepares for and then goes out on a first date with an attractive girl who is older than he is. |
| gary soto background: They Call Me Güero David Bowles, 2021-08-24 An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border the only way that feels right—through poetry. They call him Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles. Sometimes people only go off of what they see. Like the Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez, twelve-year-old Güero is puro mexicano. He feels at home on both sides of the river, speaking Spanish or English. Güero is also a reader, gamer, and musician who runs with a squad of misfits called Los Bobbys. Together, they joke around and talk about their expanding world, which now includes girls. (Don’t cross Joanna—she's tough as nails.) Güero faces the start of seventh grade with heart and smarts, his family’s traditions, and his trusty accordion. And when life gets tough for this Mexican American border kid, he knows what to do: He writes poetry. Honoring multiple poetic traditions, They Call Me Güero is a classic in the making and the recipient of a Pura Belpré Honor, a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, a Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, and a Walter Dean Myers Honor. |
| gary soto background: Nerdlandia Gary Soto, 1999-07-19 A hip, funny, Latino rendition of Grease, this play features three cool muchachos who come to the aid of Martin, a chicano nerd who loves a beautiful, popular girl, Ceci, from afar.With the help of his friends, Martin changes his miage and impresses Ceci and her friends, without letting on who he is. This is a problem for Ceci, because, in the meantime, she's transformed herself into a Chicana nert to win the heard of her secret love--Martin. A totally modern, totally cool tale of teenage romance. |
| gary soto background: The Old Man and His Door Gary Soto, 1998-10 Misunderstanding his wife's instructions, an old man sets out for a party with a door on his back |
| gary soto background: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1977 The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) |
| gary soto background: If the Shoe Fits Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens, 2004 Ella and her new friends go through Princess School. |
| gary soto background: Neighborhood Odes Gary Soto, 1992 An exuberant celebration of everyday life from an award-winning team. |
| gary soto background: Lookaway, Lookaway Wilton Barnhardt, 2013-08-20 One of Slate's and Kirkus Review's Best Books of 2013 and The New York Times, National Public Radio, and Indie Bound bestseller: Lookaway, Lookaway is a wild romp through the South, and therefore the history of our nation, written by an absolute ringmaster of fiction. —Alice Sebold, New York Times bestselling author of The Lovely Bones Jerene Jarvis Johnston and her husband Duke are exemplars of Charlotte, North Carolina's high society, where old Southern money—and older Southern secrets—meet the new wealth of bankers, boom-era speculators, and carpetbagging social climbers. Steely and implacable, Jerene presides over her family's legacy of paintings at the Mint Museum; Duke, the one-time college golden boy and descendant of a Confederate general, whose promising political career was mysteriously short-circuited, has settled into a comfortable semi-senescence as a Civil War re-enactor. Jerene's brother Gaston is an infamously dissolute bestselling historical novelist who has never managed to begin his long-dreamed-of literary masterpiece, while their sister Dillard is a prisoner of unfortunate life decisions that have made her a near-recluse. As the four Johnston children wander perpetually toward scandal and mishap. Annie, the smart but matrimonially reckless real estate maven; Bo, a minister at war with his congregation; Joshua, prone to a series of gay misadventures, and Jerilyn, damaged but dutiful to her expected role as debutante and eventual society bride. Jerene must prove tireless in preserving the family's legacy, Duke's fragile honor, and what's left of the dwindling family fortune. She will stop at nothing to keep what she has—but is it too much to ask for one ounce of cooperation from her heedless family? In Lookaway, Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt has written a headlong, hilarious narrative of a family coming apart, a society changing beyond recognition, and an unforgettable woman striving to pull it all together. A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2013 |
| gary soto background: Help Wanted Gary Soto, 2007-04 Ten stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans. |
| gary soto background: Poetry Los Angeles Laurence Goldstein, 2014-03-12 A look at the poetry of one of America’s most populous and fascinating cities, with poems spanning from 1942 to 2012 |
| gary soto background: Floaters: Poems Martín Espada, 2021-01-19 Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry From the winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize come masterfully crafted narratives of protest, grief and love. Martín Espada is a poet who stirs in us an undeniable social consciousness, says Richard Blanco. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the essential voices in American poetry. Floaters takes its title from a term used by certain Border Patrol agents to describe migrants who drown trying to cross over. The title poem responds to the viral photograph of Óscar and Valeria, a Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned in the Río Grande, and allegations posted in the I’m 10-15 Border Patrol Facebook group that the photo was faked. Espada bears eloquent witness to confrontations with anti-immigrant bigotry as a tenant lawyer years ago, and now sings the praises of Central American adolescents kicking soccer balls over a barbed wire fence in an internment camp founded on that same bigotry. He also knows that times of hate call for poems of love—even in the voice of a cantankerous Galápagos tortoise. The collection ranges from historical epic to achingly personal lyrics about growing up, the baseball that drops from the sky and smacks Espada in the eye as he contemplates a girl’s gently racist question. Whether celebrating the visionaries—the fallen dreamers, rebels and poets—or condemning the outrageous governmental neglect of his father’s Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María, Espada invokes ferocious, incandescent spirits. |
| gary soto background: Jalapeno Bagels Natasha Wing, 1996-06 For International Day at school, Pablo wants to bring something that reflects the cultures of both his parents. |
| gary soto background: Ghost Woman Lawrence Thornton, 1999-10-06 Ghost Woman explores the history and tragedy of colonialization in California through the life of a remarkable Native American woman. |
| gary soto background: New and Selected Poems Gary Soto, 1995 A collection of poems describing the experiences of Mexican Americans in California. |
| gary soto background: Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito , 2019 |
| gary soto background: Gary Soto Dennis Abrams, 2013-11 A biography of the Mexican American author, Gary Soto, who writes children's books. |
| gary soto background: Black Hair Gary Soto, 1985 |
| gary soto background: Opening Days Lee Bennett Hopkins, 1996 In this unique collection of sports poems by a first-string team of beloved poets, the vitality of the language and the verve of Scott Medlock's illustrations truly echo the energy and joy of participating in athletics. From Jane Yolen's Karate Kid to Walt Whitman's The Runner, the poems in this collection celebrate the pleasure of sport. Full color. |
| gary soto background: Mercy on These Teenage Chimps Gary Soto, 2007 At age thirteen, best friends Ronnie and Joey suddenly feel like chimps--long armed, big eared, and gangly--and when the coach humiliates Joey in front of a girl, he climbs up a tree and refuses to come down. |
| gary soto background: Summer on Wheels Gary Soto, 1995 Hector and his best friend Mondo enjoy many exciting adventures when they take a six-day bike trip from their East Los Angeles neighborhood to the Santa Monica beach during summer vacation. |
| gary soto background: Partly Cloudy Gary Soto, 2012-01-17 Poet Gary Soto captures the voices of young people as they venture toward their first kiss, brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of first love. |
| gary soto background: Pacific Crossing Gary Soto, 1992 In this sequel to Soto's Taking Sides, Lincoln and Tony take up the martial art of kempo and are selected as exchange students to Japan. Soon, Lincoln learns that his Japanese family, and people everywhere, are not much different from his family in California. |
| gary soto background: Off and Running Gary Soto, 2001 When they learn that Rudy Herrera and Alex Garcia, two fifth-grade class clowns, plan to run against them in the school elections, Miata and her friend Ana know that they face a difficult race. |
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