{"product_id":"gary-soto-ron-mcfarland-9781476687476","title":"Gary Soto: A Career in Poetry and Prose","description":"\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. Although he continues to motivate young Chicanos to read and write, Soto stakes his greatest claims to literary prominence through his poems, which are accessible to readers of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron McFarland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476687471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476687476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Ron McFarland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065861763327,"sku":"9781476687476","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dd697c2-76ac-43fb-a0a7-81ef972f06fd.jpg?v=1685403929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gary-soto-ron-mcfarland-9781476687476","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}