{"product_id":"a-summer-life-9780440210245","title":"A Summer Life","description":"Gary Soto writes that when he was five -what I knew best was at ground level.- In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The -things- of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha -splotched with gold,- the taps of his shoes and the -engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles,- his worn tennies smelling of -summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall.- The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Soto has written six poetry collections, prose recollections, and several books of essays. His first young adult short story collection, \u003ci\u003e Baseball in April and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e has been one of the most widely discussed and reviewed books of 1990. He is Associate Professor of Chicano Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laurel Leaf Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491731018002,"sku":"9780440210245","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73b1f395-2a41-4571-a3c1-ab1bdf91cffd.jpg?v=1730552792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-summer-life-9780440210245","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}