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Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
Beet Fields Memories of a Sixteenth Summer
Author: Gary Paulsen
For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day's an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust--always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. — He discovers the secret sadness and genero...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780606241212
ISBN-10: 0606241213
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Book Type: Turtleback
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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This was my brother's book. He loved Gary Paulsen (although he HATED to read). This book is late-elementary to middle school reading level, but if you have a child who doesn't like to read (and likes adventures), Paulsen might just be the author to get your child excited about reading--even at early High School level.
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