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Accidental Love

All the angst, expectation, and humor that comes with first love is captured in this swift, lighthearted romance.

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The Afterlife

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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Buried Onions

When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.

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Cesar Chavez (Milestone Series): A Hero for Everyone

This biography of labor leader Cesar Chavez, whose vision of justice influenced a whole generation, brings to life the man, his work, and his legacy.

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Fire in My Hands

Soto's beautiful collection of poems, based on his experience of growing up as a Mexican-American in California's San Joaquín Valley.

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Help Wanted: Stories

Ten stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.

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Jesse

A touching and honest novel about a young Mexican-American boy's coming of age in the shadow of the Vietnam War. Jesse and his brother, Abel, have plans for their lives--to rise above poverty and desolation by furthering their educations.

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Jessie de La Cruz: Profile of a United Farm Worker

This inspiring story of Jessie De La Cruz, the United Farmer Workers, and la Causa is told as only Gary Soto -- novelist, essayist, poet, and himself a field laborer during his teens -- can tell it, with respect, empathy, and deep compassion for the working poor

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Living Up the Street

A moving collection of prose reflecting the author's childhood years in California.

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Local News: Stories

A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.

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Neighborhood Odes

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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Nerdlandia: A Play

What happens when two teenagers decide to change their images (with the help of their bumbling friends) to win each others' heart? It's a totally modern, totally hip tale of teenage romance.

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Pacific Crossing

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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Summer Life

Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood

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