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A collection of forty poems explores the many faces of angst, anxiety, and misguided realities of childhood and adolescence

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9780811815437 | Chronicle Books Llc, March 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of forty poems explores the many faces of angst, anxiety, and misguided realities of childhood and adolescence

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9781439505526 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $23.95

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Product Description: Powerful personal narratives by the renowned author of Living Up the Street. These small essays are not unlike Dutch paintings of the sixteenth century. They are clear and precisely rendered, and are either thematically domestic scenes or pedestrian in their observations of the ordinary...read more

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9780892552542 | Persea Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The Chicano writer presents forty-eight short essays and memoir pieces set in his hometown of Fresno, California, and in the San Francisco Bay area.

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9781435295124 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 5, 2008), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Powerful personal narratives by the renowned author of Living Up the Street.

Product Description: In this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen-year-old Jesse, who has left his parents' home to live with his older brother. These Mexican American brothers hope junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor...read more

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9780152054250 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 2006), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor.
9780590528375 | Scholastic Paperbacks, June 1, 1996, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor

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9780152402396 | Harcourt Childrens Books, December 1, 1994, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor

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9780606094894 | Demco Media, June 1, 1996, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor

Prebinding:

9781435277885 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 16, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen-year-old Jesse, who has left his parents' home to live with his older brother.
9781417761210 | Turtleback Books, July 24, 2006, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor.
9780613000161 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Attending college in the hope of escaping their difficult home lives, two Mexican-American brothers share ambitious dreams, until the outbreak of the Vietnam War forces them to choose between fighting or returning to their fields of labor

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of 13 short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican-American young people in California's Central Valley.

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9780152481179 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley

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9780152046958 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 2003), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.
9780590484466 | Point, August 1, 1994, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley

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9780606284158 | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $14.66 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.
9780606065450 | Demco Media, August 1, 1994, cover price $12.41 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley

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9781435278516 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 16, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780613599092 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.

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Product Description: On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly. He's been muddling through each gawky day since. Now his best friend, Joey, has turned thirteen, too--and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come down...read more

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9780152060220 | 1 edition (Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 2007), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: 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.

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9780152062156 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 2008), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly.

Miscellaneous:

9780547542065 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 2008, cover price $6.95

Prebinding:

9781439517635 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly.

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Product Description: It all starts when Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone. When she goes to return it, she feels something she's never felt before, something a bit like . . . love. But Marisa and Rene aren't exactly a match made in heaven. For one thing, Marisa is a chola, and she isn't petite; she's a lot of girl, and she's not ashamed of it...read more

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9780152054977 | Harcourt Childrens Books, January 1, 2006, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: After unexpectedly falling in love with a 'nerdy' boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight.

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9780152061135 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 2008), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: After unexpectedly falling in love with a 'nerdy' boy, fourteen-year-old Yolanda works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight.

Miscellaneous:

9780547536781 | Houghton Mifflin, January 1, 2008, cover price $6.95

Prebinding:

9781439517628 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: It all starts when Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone.
9781417795840 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2008, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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9780399228070 | Putnam Pub Group, August 30, 2010, cover price $15.95

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When he moves from the barrio to the suburbs, Lincoln Mendoza faces conflicting loyalties when his new basketball team plays his old school.

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9781631139123 | Loqueleo, April 1, 2016, cover price $10.00
9781598205206 | Alfaguara Infantil, June 1, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When he moves from the barrio to the suburbs, Lincoln Mendoza faces conflicting loyalties when his new basketball team plays his old school.
9789681650230 | Fondo De Cultura Economica USA, June 1, 1997, cover price $8.50 | About this edition: Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.

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9781417793426 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2007, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school where the students are rich and mostly white faces his old team from the barrio on the boards.

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Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.

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9781598205213 | Alfaguara Infantil, June 1, 2007, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.

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Product Description: National Book Award finalist Gary Soto returns to his favorite themes of place, childhood, and kinship with the down-and-out in his sparkling and satisfying new collection of poems. The title poem concerns a young man's attempt to rid himself of the family dog by leading it so far from home that it becomes lost for good a metaphor for the poet's attempt to rid himself of the pulls of childhood...read more

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9780811858281 | Chronicle Books Llc, February 22, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: National Book Award finalist Gary Soto returns to his favorite themes of place, childhood, and kinship with the down-and-out in his sparkling and satisfying new collection of poems.

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A collection of sympathetic poems offers insight into the dreams and problems shared by children of Mexican-American heritage and follows such themes as enjoying a watermelon or visiting the supermarket. Reprint.

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9780152058852 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 2007), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Presents twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up.

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9780152000677 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 31, 1995, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up

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Offers a collection of stories about a group of teens who, in their own ways, struggle to find their purpose in life and place in the world, such as the constant story-telling liar Veronica and friends Ronnie and Joey who spend their days as 'Teenage Chimps' due to their feelings of alienation from everyone at their school. Jr Lib Guild. Reprint.

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9780152056636 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 2007), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Offers a collection of stories about a group of teens who, in their own ways, struggle to find their purpose in life and place in the world, such as the constant story-telling liar Veronica and friends Ronnie and Joey who spend their days as 'Teenage Chimps' due to their feelings of alienation from everyone at their school.

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Having left her once beloved little car fall into disrepair through neglect, Teresa suddenly remembers how important it once was to her and so asks her grandfather to help her restore it to its original beauty--learning important lessons about respect for property and people alike.
By Pamela Paparone (illustrator) and Gary Soto

School and Library:

9780399232206 | Putnam Pub Group, April 20, 2006, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Teresa loves to show off her shiny, new, pedal-powered lowrider car from Grandpa, but the toy soon looks old when she neglects it.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ten stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.

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9780152052010 | Harcourt Childrens Books, May 1, 2005, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Ten stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.

Prebinding:

9781417779635 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, April 1, 2007), cover price $17.15 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Product Description: From family pictures to piñatas, from the gato with a meow like a rusty latch to Fourth of July fireworks, the poet celebrates the startling and often overlooked moments that define childhood. “Affectionate without being overly sentimental, the collection provides a good introduction to contemporary poetry as well as a fine homage to a Chicano community...read more

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9780152053642 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 2005), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Twenty-one poems about growing up in an Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates.
9780590473354 | Reissue edition (Point, February 1, 1994), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Twenty-one poems about growing up in an Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates

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9780152568795 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 15, 1992, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Twenty-one poems about growing up in an Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates

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9780606334204 | Demco Media, April 1, 2005, cover price $14.66 | About this edition: From family pictures to piñatas, from the gato with a meow like a rusty latch to Fourth of July fireworks, the poet celebrates the startling and often overlooked moments that define childhood.
9780606059510 | Demco Media, February 1, 1994, cover price $11.76 | About this edition: Twenty-one poems about growing up in an Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates

Prebinding:

9780785724964 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Twenty-one poems about growing up in an Hispanic neighborhood, highlighting the delights in such everyday items as sprinklers, the park, the library, and pomegranates

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Using their great imaginations, Fernie and his friend set off on an around-the-world adventure that brings them to Egypt to ride on a camel, boxing a kangaroo in the heart of Australia, eating cheese in Switzerland, and more.
By Greg Clarke (illustrator) and Gary Soto

Hardcover:

9780399242182 | Putnam Pub Group, March 17, 2005, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Eager to see what lies beyond their own back yards, Fernie and his friend take an imaginary trip around the world.

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Profiles the Mexican American woman who spent her early years as a migrant farm worker and later became the first female organizer for the United Farm Workers.

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9780606311137 | Demco Media, August 30, 2004, cover price $19.15 | About this edition: Profiles the Mexican American woman who spent her early years as a migrant farm worker and later became the first female organizer for the United Farm Workers.

Product Description: Chato-the coolest cat in the barrio-loves to party.  So when he learns that Novio Boy has never had a birthday party, Chato decides to throw him a surprise pachanga.  He gets right to work-inviting everyone in the neighborhood, cooking up a feast, arranging for music and a pinata, and even ordering a special cake...read more

Hardcover:

9781591129202 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: 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.
9781591124603 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: 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.

Paperback:

9781591129219 | Pck edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Chato-the coolest cat in the barrio-loves to party.
9781591124610 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Chato-the coolest cat in the barrio-loves to party.
9781591124597 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $16.95
9781591129196 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2004), cover price $19.95
9780142400326 | Reprint edition (Puffin, February 1, 2004), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: 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.

School and Library:

9780399231599 | Putnam Pub Group, July 1, 2000, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Chato decides to throw a 'pachanga' for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a birthday party

Prebinding:

9780613897990 | Turtleback Books, February 28, 2004, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: 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.

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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.
By Susan Guevara (illustrator), Teresa Mlawer (trans) and Gary Soto

Paperback:

9781595196668 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, May 1, 2006), cover price $16.95
9781595196675 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, May 1, 2006), cover price $19.95 | also contains Chato Y Los Amigos Pachangueros | About this edition: 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.
9780142400333 | Reprint edition (Puffin, February 1, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: 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.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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.

Paperback:

9781595196682 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, May 1, 2006), cover price $44.95
9781595196699 | Pck pap/co edition (Live Oak Media, May 1, 2006), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Prebinding:

9780613829984 | Turtleback Books, February 1, 2004, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: 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.

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Documents the life of the Latino labor leader from California who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

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9780689859229 | Aladdin Paperbacks, September 1, 2003, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Documents the life of the Latino labor leader from California who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

Library:

9780689859236 | Aladdin Paperbacks, September 1, 2003, cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Documents the life of the Latino labor leader from California who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

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9780606297417 | Demco Media, December 1, 2003, cover price $12.47 | About this edition: Documents the life of the Latino labor leader from California who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

Prebinding:

9780613907187 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: Documents the life of the Latino labor leader from California who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

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Collects eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Chicano young people growing up in Fresno, California.

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9780606205672 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $19.20 | About this edition: Collects eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Chicano young people growing up in Fresno, California.

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9780613377768 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $15.70 | About this edition: Collects eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Chicano young people growing up in Fresno, California.

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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.

Hardcover:

9780152047740, titled "Afterlife" | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: 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.
9789990077506, titled "Afterlife" | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $0.02

Paperback:

9780152052201 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 2005), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: 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.

Miscellaneous:

9780547417110 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 2003, cover price $6.95

Reinforced:

9780606334198, titled "Afterlife" | Demco Media, April 1, 2005, cover price $15.60

Prebinding:

9781435244238 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 18, 2008), cover price $15.95
9781417662814, titled "Afterlife" | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2005, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: 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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