A Fire in My Hands
Revised and Expanded Edition
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 22, 2013
Few writers capture the everyday moments of life like Gary Soto.
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- Who it’s for
- Gary Soto’s poems find the weight and brightness of everyday moments in young people’s lives.
- Genres
- YA Poetry, Hispanic & Latino YA
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 22, 2013
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Few writers capture the everyday moments of life like Gary Soto. In direct and vivid poems, he draws from his own youth in California's Central Valley to portray the joys and sorrows of young people. His writing focuses on Latino characters, yet speaks to readers of all ethnicities. Acclaimed by educators since its original publication in 1998, A Fire in My Hands has been revised and expanded in this new edition.
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Old and new fans of Soto's work will welcome the return of his compelling poems. One of the poems in this collection, "Oranges," is a Common Core State Standards Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Poetry). Includes an introduction and an interview with the author.
Everyday, In Verse
Gary Soto’s poems find the weight and brightness of everyday moments in young people’s lives.
Come here for
- Direct, vivid poems about the joys and sorrows of young people
- A perspective shaped by Gary Soto’s youth in California’s Central Valley
Expect
- Poems centered on Latino characters, with a reach beyond any one community
- A revised, expanded edition with an introduction and author interview
Where it sits
| Hispanic & Latino YA | 88% |
|---|---|
| YA Poetry | 62% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hispanic & Latino YA
- Artists' Lives
- Cultural Heritage Lives
- Lives in History
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- Writers' Lives
- Music Biographies
- Performers' Lives
- Political Lives
- Authors
- Gary Soto
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 22, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Hispanic & Latino YA