Living Up The Street by Gary Soto

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A collection of short prose pieces by the author of A Summer Life describes the author's boyhood growing up in the barrio in the 1950s and 1960s, his experience on the Little League team, and his parochial school life. Reprint.

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Debra
Scott
Ronnie
Roberto
Little John
Calvin
Marsha
Rosie
Ernesto
Carolyn
Alfonso
Gary
Bloodworth
Raymond
Esteban
Dianne
Ernie
Jackie
Mariko
Mike
Mr. Buckalew
Marie
Rinehart

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We were terrible kids, I think.

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Gary Soto (Author)

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American Book Award (1985)

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Dewey: 811.54

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Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Biographies › People of Color
Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Multicultural Stories › Hispanic & Latino
Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( S ) › Soto, Gary
Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › Hispanic & Latino
Books › Children's Books › Literature

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