Description
With real wit and heart, Gary Soto takes readers into the lives of young people in ten funny, heartbreaking tales.
Meet Carolina, who writes to Miss Manners for help not just with etiquette but with bigger messes in her life; Javier, who knows the stories his friend Veronica tells him are lies, but can’t find a way to prove it–and many other kids, each caught up in the difficulties of figuring out what it means to be alive.Soto takes readers into the lives of young people in this collection of ten funny, heartbreaking tales, and reveals the hopes of today’s teens.
Houghton Mifflin
Young Adult Fiction
Short Stories, Young Adult Fiction
Edition: People & Places
Keywords: Short Stories, Young Adult Fiction
