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    Taking Sides by Gary Soto

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    • Age Range: 8 to 12
    • Pub. Date: February 2003
    • 144pp
    • Sales Rank: 16,048

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      Product Details

      • Pub. Date: February 2003
      • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
      • Format: Paperback, 144pp
      • Sales Rank: 16,048
      • Age Range: 8 to 12
      • Lexile: 750L 

      Synopsis

      Lincoln Mendoza has to face his homeboys when his posh new school goes up against his old school on the basketball court.

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      Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.

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      Biography

      GARY SOTO's first book for young people, Baseball in April and Other Stories, won the California Library Association's Beatty Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He has since published many more books for younger readers. His short film The Pool Party was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video by the ALA.

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      I dont knowby Anonymous

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      November 09, 2009: I think the book is cool some parts and really serious in some other parts. I think its cool that its about basketball and girlfriends and boyfriends. I think that people should read it (people who like basketball and relationships)! But other than that its cool!

      what?by Anonymous

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      September 19, 2008: ok, lets make it clear and simple, this book sucks, and i dont really hate on books that much, but if i do its because this books is bad, why? because the dude in the book cant stop complainig, very little details meaning that i get very bored in a few seconds, dont buy it!!!! i only read it because it was a book we needed to read in class.


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