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Gary Paulsen (Author)
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 generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He’s living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He’s tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he’s pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.
Author Biography
Gary Paulsen is the author of more than 100 books and the winner of numerous awards.
Number of Pages: 176Dimensions: 0.5 x 8 x 5.4 INPublication Date: February 08, 2011Accelerated Reader:Quiz Name: Beet Fields: A Sixteenth SummerInterest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12Reading Level: 5.5Point Value: 5
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