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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto, Daniel Duque-Estrada, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

    Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, Inc., July 1, 2013)
    Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his listener to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold", the taps of his shoes, and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles", his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of baseball". The child’s world is made up of small things - small, very important things. A respected poet and an innovator of the short essay form, Soto offers nearly snapshot-like glances of moments unique in form yet universal in content. Growing up Chicano and male, Soto gives us a rag-tag race through his neighborhood, speaking equally as well to the childhood experiences of us all. Anyone who remembers the '50s or who knows anything about growing up in the '50s, will relish Soto’s rich poetic descriptions. Teachers and students of writing will relish Soto’s rich poetic descriptions. Teachers and students of writing will also find inspiration in these tightly knit and highly imaginative stories. Soto offers much more than humorous and poignant recollections; he wraps each memory in a poetry that lingers pleasantly in the reader’s mind.
  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Mass Market Paperback (Laurel Leaf, Aug. 1, 1991)
    Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles," his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall." The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    eBook (University Press of New England, )
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Hardcover (UPNE, May 1, 1990)
    The author revisits his childhood and discusses his gold Buddha, the taps of his shoes, and the summer grass and asphalt smell
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Mass Market Paperback (Laurel Leaf, Aug. 16, 1900)
    Excellent Book
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Audio CD (AudioGO, July 16, 2013)
    Gary Soto writes that when he was five “what I knew best was at ground level.” In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his listener to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The “things” of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha “splotched with gold,” the taps of his shoes, and the “engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles,” his worn tennies smelling of “summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of baseball.” The child’s world is made up of small things—small, very important things.A respected poet and an innovator of the short essay form, Soto offers nearly snapshot-like glances of moments unique in form yet universal in content. Growing up Chicano and male, Soto gives us a rag-tag race through his neighborhood, speaking equally as well to the childhood experiences of us all.Anyone who remembers the fifties or who knows anything about growing up in the fifties will relish Soto’s rich poetic descriptions. Soto offers much more than humorous and poignant recollections; he wraps each memory in a poetry that lingers pleasantly in the reader’s mind.
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1991)
    Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold, " the taps of his shoes and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles, " his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall." The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 1, 1991)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The author recalls his childhood in Fresno, California, in the 1950s and 1960s, recreating the sights, sounds, and smells of his experience in a working-class Mexican-American community.
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  • A Summer Life

    GarySoto

    Mass Market Paperback (LaurelLeafLibrary, Aug. 31, 1991)
    Title: A Summer Life <>Binding: Mass Market Paperback <>Author: GarySoto <>Publisher: LaurelLeafLibrary
  • A Summer Life by Soto, Gary Reprint edition published by Laurel Leaf

    Gary Soto

    Paperback (Laurel Leaf, Aug. 16, 1972)
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  • Summer Life, A

    Gary Soto, Daniel Duque-Estrada

    MP3 CD (Blackstone on Brilliance Audio, Aug. 7, 2018)
    Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his listener to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes, and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles," his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of baseball." The child's world is made up of small things-small, very important things. A respected poet and an innovator of the short essay form, Soto offers nearly snapshot-like glances of moments unique in form yet universal in content. Growing up Chicano and male, Soto gives us a rag-tag race through his neighborhood, speaking equally as well to the childhood experiences of us all.Anyone who remembers the fifties or who knows anything about growing up in the fifties will relish Soto's rich poetic descriptions. Teachers and students of writing will relish Soto's rich poetic descriptions. Teachers and students of writing will also find inspiration in these tightly knit and highly imaginative stories. Soto offers much more than humorous and poignant recollections; he wraps each memory in a poetry that lingers pleasantly in the reader's mind.
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  • A Summer Life

    Gary Soto

    Mass Market Paperback (Laurel Leaf, Aug. 16, 1876)
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