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Crazy Weekend
by
Gary Soto
When Hector and his friend Mando, seventh-graders, visit Uncle Julio, a photographer in Fresno, they have more excitement than they ever imagined. On a photo shoot in a rickety old plane, they spot an armored car heist, and Uncle Julio snaps some shots of the robbers. After they report what they saw, the two robbers decide they have to teach Hector and Mando a lesson. When...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
August 19th 2003
by Persea Books
(first published 1994)
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Being Mexican AMerican myself and from California, I really appreciated this novel because of the way Soto wrote in English and Spanish. Also, since I haven't read very many multicultural YA literture, this was a good change from what I've been reading. This novel follows two young Latinos who are visiting their uncle in Fresno, California and the crazy weekend they spent there. I really enjoyed!
I wasn't a huge fan of this novel. I thought it was a little far-fetched. Granted it's straight fiction, so it can be as far-fetched as it wants, but I didn't really buy into it. It's about these two Mexican-American kids who go to visit one of their uncles for the weekend. Uncle Julio is a photographer and takes Hector and Mando up in an airplane for one of his shoots. While they are flying they observe an armed robbery, and capture it on film. Later, the robbers find their trail and set off i...more
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COOL BOOK!!!!!!!! :)
This book is about Mando and his friend Hector, who go to spend their weekend with Hector's Uncle. During their stay they witness a robbery and take photos of what happens. I liked this book because it has a lot of action. They get chased by the robbers and end up beating up the robbers.
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Gary Soto, born April 12, 1952, was raised in Fresno, California. He is the author of eleven poetry collections for adults, most notably New and Selected Poems, a 1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly, Poetry International, and Poetry, which
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