{"product_id":"gary-soto-9781476687476","title":"Gary Soto","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In a 1995 interview, prolific Chicano writer Gary Soto noted, Wonderment has always been a part of my life. This book surveys Soto''s immense range of poems, stories, novels, essays and plays for audiences of prereaders to adults. Soto''s world moves from the cotton and beet fields of the San Joaquin Valley to the blue-collar barrios of Fresno, and to urban and suburban settings in Oakland and Berkeley. Chapters analyze a wide variety of Soto titles, from his breakout works like 1977''s \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of San Joaquin\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eChato the Cat\u003c\/i\u003e illustrated books for children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   With self-deprecating humor, particularly in his poems, Soto combines his wonderment with the trials and conflicts that beset him throughout life. In such novels as \u003ci\u003eJesse, Buried Onions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e, and in his stories for YA readers, including \u003ci\u003eBaseball in April\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePetty Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e, his broad array of characters confront the anxieties and annoyances of adolescence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040503365975,"sku":"9781476687476","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476687476.jpg?v=1750946950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gary-soto-9781476687476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}