The beet fields
memories of a sixteenth summer
by Gary Paulsen and MacLeod Andrews
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The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen.
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Teenage boys, American Authors, Juvenile literature, Childhood and youth, Biography, Authors, juvenile literature, Authors, american, Adolescence, Carnivals, Homeless teenagers, Gary Paulsen, Children's fiction, Runaways, fiction, Migrant labor, fictionPeople
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The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
Aug 01, 2011, Brilliance Audio
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The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
January 8, 2002, Laurel Leaf
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Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
March 2002, Tandem Library
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The beet fields: memories of a sixteenth summer
2002, Dell Laurel-Leaf
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Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
January 2002, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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The beet fields: memories of a sixteenth summer
2000, Delacorte Press
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"THE NORTH DAKOTA SUN CAME UP LATE."
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For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day’s an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust—always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He’s living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He’s tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he’s pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.
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