false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170438271m/54390.jpg 54390 3 In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we  see the world of growing up and going somewhere  through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial  side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the  barrio, parochial school, attending church, public  summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he  can join in a Little League baseball team.<br><br>  His is a clarity that rings constantly through the  warmth and wry reality of these sometimes  humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances. 53031 1985 Living Up The Street (Laurel Leaf Books) total:88|5:14|4:30|3:28|2:14|1:2| 88 304 119 14 4 0 false false Wed Apr 23 10:55:34 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 09:14:41 -0700 2008
Gary Soto's slice-of-life tales of growing up in a barrio in Fresno, California are poignant in their matter-of-fact storytelling. Although desperately poor, he lives life like any...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 28 13:39:31 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 13:42:16 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 21:08:03 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 21:18:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 21:08:42 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 21:10:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 16:07:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 16:08:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 30 11:22:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 14:41:28 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:22:41 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Oct 14 14:27:58 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 14:27:58 -0700 2008 ? can't remember anymore... 3 0 false false Thu Jul 03 22:29:13 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 14:03:07 -0800 2008 - - -

Now that I finished, just wanted to say that it was an interesting depiction of what it was like to grow up Chicano in the Central Valley. (Too bad now I think of the Central Valley as a place I would never wish for anybody to grow up in..) ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 16 09:05:30 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 09:07:19 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Sep 19 07:18:26 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:20:03 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 12 08:12:11 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:12:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 13 08:20:20 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 08:22:22 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 17:58:22 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 26 21:23:10 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 19 17:58:22 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Nov 23 20:53:53 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 20:54:17 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Oct 17 07:39:10 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 07:39:10 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Oct 04 16:46:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:46:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 20:58:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 20:58:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 13:41:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 13:41:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 12:38:51 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:39:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 14:34:17 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:34:17 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=54390