Petty Crimes
 Really Touching: This book is a collection of short stories about Mexican-American teens in California, but the themes and the things they do could apply to anyone. Reading this book, you watch their transition into adulthood, the loss of innocence and [... more]
$17.00
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Chato and the Party Animals
Amazon.com Review: Chato has been a party animal since he was a kitten. So when he discovers that his best friend Novio Boy has never had a birthday party (being from the pound, he never even knew his mami), this cool cat from the barrio decides it's [... more]
$16.99
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Jesse
Jesse: Reading Jesse was a good experience it helped me understand a little more on how my ethnicity group had to work to survive. It also helped me get my thoughts cleared about being a successful person. It not only showed what daily struggle Jesse [... more]
$5.99
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Skirt, The
Excellent for Classroom!: If you know Soto's work, then you can rest assured this is another excellent example of the magic he creates with the written word. The Hispanic family is representative of the culture and values. Fifth graders (even though the [... more]
$14.99
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Chato's Kitchen
Amazon.com Review: "Chato, a low-riding cat with six stripes, was slinking toward a sparrow when he heard the scrape of tiny feet coming from the yard next door." You get the idea. Chato is a sly, mustachioed "cool cat" from an East [... more]
$6.99
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Que Monton de Tamales (Too Many Tamales)
Author: Gary Soto Author: Ed Martinez Author: Alma Flor Ada Author: F. Isabel Campoy Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780698114135 ISBN: 0698114132 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: 1996-08-08 Reading Level: Ages 4-8 [... more]
$6.99
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Novio Boy: A Play
Amazon.com Review: What a treat: an honest-to-goodness play! Budding actors and drama coaches will enjoy this lighthearted story about the awkwardness and excitement of young love in a Mexican American community. Perhaps the word "enjoy" is an [... more]
$5.95
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Accidental Love
A Young Couple Overcomes Hurdles: Marisa Rodriguez is a Latina with a hot temper. She goes to a rough school and is accustomed to solving problems with her fists. This is actually how she meets the boy who will end up changing her life. When Marisa gets [... more]
$16.00
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Canto familiar
I really enjoyed hearing and learning spanish in this book.: I liked the book because he used spanish and the Mexican kids can read some of it. He wrote about one thing and it always turned out to be another thing. That's why I liked this book. Author: [... more]
$5.95
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Beisbol En Abril Y Otros Cuentos (Baseball in April and ...
Author: Gary Soto Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781598205190 ISBN: 1598205196 Number Of Pages: 152 Publication Date: 2007-06-01 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 [... more]
$9.95
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Snapshots from the Wedding (Paperstar Book)
good but, casual reference to alcohol not for specified age: The book is an overall good portrait of a family celebration in any culture. The casual reference to beer and keg beer,however, are not acceptable for this age group. When we teach our children [... more]
$5.99
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Baseball in April: And Other Stories
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 [... more]
$6.00
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