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    <body><![CDATA[My wife and I frequently read short story collections to each other at night.  She is a junior high English teacher and also writes young adult fiction, and as such she reads a lot of material written for adolescents.    This is one of those books.  It's 10 stories of 10 children growing up in urban...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11938920">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think the book was funny but i didn't find a lot of interest in it since it didn't stick to a theme and every chapter was a different story. But the stories were pretty entertaining and most of them were funny. I would recommend this book to people who are bored and need a book to read, NOT book l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76055620">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another Gary Soto book that I really liked. Its stories of kids who lived in Central L.A. Of the crimes they have committed, and then would have a story of how they felt about that moment. really hard to explain there are so many different sides to the story, hope you love it :)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a few other Soto books and this one is more or less a collection of short stories. I loved it.  Soto really makes you feel sorry for his characters and understand why they do the messed up things they do.  I think you can tell he has a lot of compassion for people and his books are usually...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19768547">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book really gives a great point that little crimes, like stealing out of corner stores,etc. Can get you into more trouble than you think.]]></body>
    
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