This book is part of a book series called Chato .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 28 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Perfection Learning .

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 www. garysoto. com.