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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his listener to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes, and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tracing Millay's life from her youth in Maine to the bohemian fervor of her early adulthood in Greenwich Village and Paris to the demanding existence of a public personality, this fascinating biography will captivate middle grade readers. Including photos, full-length poems, plentiful letter and diary excerpts, a time line, source notes, and bibliography, this is an indispensable resource for any young person interested in poetry, literature, or biographies...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
"La vida de un niño nacido en la frontera no es fácil, pero Güero sabe cómo hacerle frente: escribiendo poemas. Güero tiene doce años y es mexicano y americano al mismo tiempo. Sabe sentirse en casa en ambos lados del rio, y en su vida hay tanto español como inglés. Güero ha comenzado el séptimo año en la escuela, y su profe de inglés hace que hasta los poemas suenen cool. Güero es como llaman a los chicos como el: pálidos. Pero no te...