Petty crimes
By: Gary Soto.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction; Children's stories, American; Mexican Americans -- California -- Fiction; Short stories
Description: A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
Table of contents: title: La güera; title: Mother's clothes; title: Try to remember; title: The boxing lesson; title: Your turn, Norma; title: The funeral suits; title: Little scams; title: If the shoe fits; title: Frankie the rooster; title: Born worker.