The beet fields
Subtitle: memories of a sixteenth summer
By: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Dell Laurel-Leaf
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780440415572
Subjects: American Authors; Juvenile literature; Childhood and youth; Biography; Teenage boys
Description: The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen. In this autobiographical, coming-of-age memoir, Paulsen tells the raw truth of a boy's first summer on his own, "as real, ' he says, "as I can see it." An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults.