Baseball in April and Other Stories
- Author Gary Soto
- Narrator Stephanie Diaz, Miguel Gongora
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 2 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Baseball and Softball, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- £7.99
- £6.99
- £5.99
- £4.99
- £3.99
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What to expect
Gary Soto, an award-winning poet, is renowned for getting at the heart of a young person’s everyday life. In these eleven stories, performed with spice and energy by young actors Stephanie Diaz and Miguel Gongora, Soto again scores. With a sensitivity and humor born from his own experiences while growing up in California’s Central Valley, the author brings to the surface issues such as success and failure, honesty and deceit, love and friendship. Crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, embarrassing grandfathers, imposter Barbies, annoying brothers, Little League tryouts, and karate lessons weave the colorful fabric of Soto’s world. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.
Critics Review
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“[Soto’s] sensitivity to young people’s concerns and his ability to
Los Angeles Times Book Review
portray the world as it is perceived by children is nothing less than
remarkable.” -
“A fine collection of stories that offers a different cultural
Boston Globe
perspective about feelings common to all teenagers. Soto writes well and
with tremendous insight into the process of growing up.” -
“Will strike chords of recognition in readers of all ages.”
Horn Book -
“Diaz and Gongora do a good job capturing the emotions of young people
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and skillfully reflect the confusion, frustration and joy of the
characters. Both readers have “young” voices that convey an appropriate
vulnerability. Each cassette is clearly marked with the stories it
contains. ”
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