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.
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.
Living Up the Street
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ISBN-13: | 9780440211709 |
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Publisher: | Random House Children's Books |
Publication date: | 02/01/1992 |
Series: | Laurel-Leaf Books |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 176 |
Sales rank: | 52,940 |
Product dimensions: | 4.82(w) x 10.78(h) x 0.49(d) |
Lexile: | 1140L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
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