Baseball in April and Other Stories, Gary Soto
Baseball in April and Other Stories, Gary Soto
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Baseball in April and Other Stories
And Other Stories

Author: Gary Soto

Narrator: Stephanie Diaz, Miguel Gongora

Unabridged: 2 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2012

Synopsis

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.

About Gary Soto

Gary Soto is the author of Baseball in April, Taking Sides, Puppy Love, and many more books for young readers. He is a National Book Award finalist and a recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, the NEA Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award, the California Library Association’s Beatty Award, and the PEN Center West Book Award. He lives in Northern California.

About Stephanie Diaz

Stephanie Diaz lives in Seattle, where she works as a stage and voiceover artist as well as a theater educator. She has performed at the Sledgehammer Theatre, San Diego Rep, Western Stage, the Seattle Repertory Theater, the Intiman Theatre, and the Seattle Children’s Theatre. Her voice can also be heard on various CD-ROMs and web cartoons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jalen on March 31, 2016

I think that this book is about that this book would be good to read because it describes the steps that the boy took to accomplish the goal of trying to play baseball.Other people should read the book and them they will understand the concept of the steps that was took to have the boy Gary play bas......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on December 12, 2023

Read for school......more

Goodreads review by Sierra on April 27, 2018

Baseball in April-Gary Soto #14 The book Baseball in April by Gary Soto is quick fun book to read. The book does not really have a plot, but is rather twelve different stories put into one book. The famous Mexican American author Gary Soto tells about his childhood in California through stories. The......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on May 31, 2024

All the stories are good. Only two about baseball.......more

Goodreads review by Joel on February 21, 2018

Baseball in April is a collection of eleven short stories by Gary Soto. These stories deal with a variety of situations by young kids living in Fresno, California. All the protagonist from the short stories deal with the same theme of becoming mature. My favorite is Seventh Grade where Victor tries......more

Quotes

“[Soto's] sensitivity to young people's concerns and his ability to portray the world as it is perceived by children is nothing less than remarkable.”
Los Angeles Times Book Review

“A fine collection of stories that offers a different cultural perspective about feelings common to all teenagers. Soto writes well and with tremendous insight into the process of growing up.”
Boston Globe

“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 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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