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Accidental Love Gary Soto
Harcourt/HBJ January 2008 0152061134 / 9780152061135 Paperback
When tough talking 14-year-old Marissa least expects it, she feels an attraction to the most unlikely of boys. An unplanned meeting between Marissa and Rene, a player whose only game is chess, causes sparks to fly. Marissa may start out believing that "Dang, the boy's a nerd," but she finds herself attracted to his manners and to this boy "whose bicycle was too big for him and whose eyeglasses were crooked on his cute small face." In somewhat of an abrupt move, she transfers to a magnet school to be closer to him ("far up north where the Sierras peeked through the valley smog"). Marissa and her "muy wimpy" novio learn a thing or two about each other and themselves when he coaxes her to audition with him for a part in Romeo and Juliet. Their relationship develops slowly and credibly, and Marissa, in the novel's refreshing approach, soon realizes that she'd rather have nerdy Rene for a boyfriend than many of the macho guys she has come across. Soto accurately depicts popularity and stereotypes in high school, while conveying a melting pot of cultures. The teens' struggles shine through with simplicity and authenticity. Soto fluidly incorporates Spanish words into the dialogue (and ends with a glossary). He successfully bridges gender and cultural issues that affect teens, while pinpointing details that portray life in California's Central Valley.
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6.95 USD
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Afterlife Gary Soto
HBJ April 2005 0152052208 / 9780152052201 Paperback
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
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6.95 USD
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JESSE Soto
0590528378 / 978-0-590-52837-5
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5.99 USD
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Buried Onions Gary Soto
Harcourt December 2006 0152062653 / 9780152062651 Paperback
Fans of Gary Soto will not be disappointed by his remarkable new novel, Buried Onions. Despite pervasive fear, seedy squalor, and sweltering heat, there is an encouraging seed of hope in this tale of faith and survival in an out-of-control world. The title comes from the main character's image of a giant onion lurking just beneath the city streets, a bulb of sadness whose vapors leak above ground and make people cry. And while there is plenty to cry over in this story of a young man trying to escape what appears to be his destiny, there is also much to cheer and celebrate
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6.95 USD
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Jesse Gary Soto
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt October 2006 0152054251 / 9780152054250 Paperback
Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
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6.95 USD
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