Taking Sides

by Gary Soto

Overview

Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school—where the students are rich and mostly white—faces his old team from the barrio on the boards. How can he play his best against his friends? No matter who wins, it looks like it will be lose-lose for Lincoln.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152046941
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	284,476
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.46(d)
Lexile:	750L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gary Soto's first book for young readers, Baseball in April and Other Stories, won the California Library Association's Beatty Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He has since published many novels, short stories, plays, and poetry collections for adults and young people. He lives in Berkeley, California. Visit his website at garysoto.com.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Soto masterfully conveys the Hispanic-American experience."—Publishers Weekly

"A believable, compelling picture. . . . Powerful."—Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

"Soto masterfully conveys the Hispanic-American experience."—Publishers Weekly

"A believable, compelling picture. . . . Powerful."—Kirkus Reviews
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From the Publisher

Lincoln has mixed emotions when his mother moves him from a San Francisco barrio to a “better” neighborhood. Soto aptly captures Mexican-American life and culture while also making his characters universal. Narrator Robert Ramirez is at his outstanding best as he presents parents and kids of diverse cultures, a nasty basketball coach, and a teenager learning to live with change in a bewildering and fast-paced America. Selected phrases throughout the text verbalized in both Spanish and English provide excellent practice for language students. The Spanish makes this a natural for the audio format, and Ramirez more than does it justice. An enjoyable and worthwhile story for all ages, not just teens. S.G.B. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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