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Petty Crimes
by Soto, Gary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0152016589
- ISBN 13
- 9780152016586
- Seller
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Albany, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Diego, CA: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1998. Book. Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Second Printing.. Good+ hardcover in VG jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the AUTHOR on the title page in black ink. Minor edgewear and wear/ bending to spine tips. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Unclipped jacket with wear and bending to edges and a bit of chipping, crisp and bright. 157 pp., a collection of shorts about young folks and the situations that drive them to petty crimes. Heartbreaking. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall..
Synopsis
Meet Manuel, a young man who wears hand-me-downs from his older brothers until he finally gets a brand-new pair of shoes. And José Luis, who watches the vet bills rise after he buys a sick rooster to save it from becoming someone’s dinner. And Alma, a young woman who runs to every shop and flea market in town buying back the clothes of her dead mother that her father has given away. These Mexican American youths meet life’s challenges head-on in this hard-hitting collection of short stories.
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- Bookseller
- Eastburn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L02033
- Title
- Petty Crimes
- Author
- Soto, Gary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0152016589
- ISBN 13
- 9780152016586
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- CRIME CRIMINALS FICTION CHILDREN JUVENILE SIGNED EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
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