{"product_id":"living-up-the-street-9780440211709","title":"Living Up the Street","description":"In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.\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":50460230615314,"sku":"9780440211709","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8ff0a60-9a82-4f4d-b5ae-e33fc1f16877.jpg?v=1730034374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-up-the-street-9780440211709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}