An edition of A summer life (1990)

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An edition of A summer life (1990)

A Summer Life

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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 hi...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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Publisher
Tandem Library
Language
English

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Cover of: A Summer Life
A Summer Life
October 1999, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
Cover of: A summer life
A summer life
1991, Dell
in English
Cover of: A summer life
A summer life
1990, University Press of New England
in English

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First Sentence

"I killed ants here, and pulled puncture vine there."

The Physical Object

Format
School & Library Binding
Dimensions
6.7 x 3.9 x 0.4 inches
Weight
5 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8189067M
ISBN 10
0833574736
ISBN 13
9780833574732
Goodreads
5861666

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April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record