An edition of Petty Crimes
(1998)
Petty crimes
1st ed.
by Gary Soto
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A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
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California, Children's stories, American, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Mexican Americans, Short storiesPlaces
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Table of Contents
La güera
Mother's clothes
Try to remember
The boxing lesson
Your turn, Norma
The funeral suits
Little scams
If the shoe fits
Frankie the rooster
Born worker.
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Meet Manuel, a young man who wears hand-me-downs from his older brothers until he finally gets a brand-new pair of shoes. And Jose Luis, who watches the vet bills rise after he buys a sick rooster to save it from becoming someone's dinner. And Alma, a young woman who runs to every shop and flea market in town buying back the clothes of her dead mother that her father has given away. These Mexican American youths meet life's challenges head-on in this hard-hitting collection of short stories.
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