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Buried Onions Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Gary Soto

On the mean streets of southeast Fresno, 19-year-old Eddie is just trying to get by. All he wants is to forget his violent past, hold down a job, and walk a straight line. But after his cousin's murder, Eddie finds himself drawn back into the cycle of violence.


Summary

Eddie's father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it's a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers--and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies.
     Includes a reader's guide and a glossary of Spanish words and phrases.

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Eddie's father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it's a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers--and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies.
Includes a reader's guide and a glossary of Spanish words and phrases.

First line

knew the mortuary students would get good jobs because my cousin had died recently and my father and two uncles were dead, all of them now with arms like the arms of praying mantises, crooked and thin as whispers.

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  • Title Buried Onions
  • Author Gary Soto
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, Orlando, FL
  • Date 2006-12-01
  • Features Glossary
  • ISBN 9780152062651 / 0152062653
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5 x 0.5 in (17.78 x 12.70 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 850
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Cultural Region: West Coast
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
    • Geographic Orientation: California
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Mexican Americans, Violence
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-53112
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"Soto's descriptions are poetic, and he creates deep feelings of heat and despair. A powerful and thought-provoking read."--School Library Journal

Citations

  • Kirkus Best Books, 03/01/2007, Page 10
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