This book is part of a book series called Gary Soto .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

There are 197 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2012 by Holiday House .

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.