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Baseball in April and other stories

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

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Boys at Work

When ten-year-old Rudy breaks an older boy's Discman at a baseball game, he and his friend Alex come up with a variety of ways to make money to pay for a new one.

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The cat’s meow

Eight-year-old Graciela, who is part Mexican, is amazed when her cat Pip starts speaking in Spanish.

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Canto Familiar

Twenty-five poems about the pleasures and woes that Mexican American children experience growing up.

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Crazy Weekend

After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves.

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Fearless Fernie

Gary Soto's original poems on subjects ranging from the humiliation of sports try-outs, first dances, dealing with body images and swinging moods.

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Marisol

Marisol is a lively ten-year-old who loves to dance. Part of the American Girl series.

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Novio Boy: A Play

Rudy anxiously prepares for and then goes out on a first date with an attractive girl who is older than he is.

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Off and Running

When they learn that Rudy Herrera and Alex Garcia, two fifth-grade class clowns, plan to run against them in the school elections, Miata and her friend Ana know that they face a difficult race.

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Petty Crimes

A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.

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The Skirt

When Miata leaves on the school bus the skirt that she is to wear in a dance performance, she needs all her wits to get it back without her parents' finding out that she has lost something yet again.

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Taking Sides

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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You're On! Seven plays in English & Spanish

Plays by distinguished authors-Oscar Hijuelos, Gary Soto, Federico Garcea Lorca, Pura Belpre, Elena Castedo, Alfonsina Storni, and Denise Ruiz-are featured in this collection. The plays appear in both English and Spanish, and can be used by those who are learning either language.

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