Local News
By Gary Soto
1993
First Published
3.54
Average Rating
148
Number of Pages
Funny, touching, and wholly original, Local News is a "first-rate collection from a perceptive and sensitive chronicler of ordinary life." — The Horn Book (starred review) In thirteen stories full of wit and energy, Gary Soto illuminates the ordinary lives of young people. Whether the kids are battling infestations of squirrels, dancing to romantic music on El Radio, trick-or-treating for one last time, or saving the world by becoming vegetarian. their problems are hilarious and real and as big as only a kid can make them. "The stories show the humor of growing up as well as the anguish." —Booklist Plus don't miss Gary Soto's Baseball in April, a story collection that the Los Angeles Times called "nothing less than remarkable."
Avg Rating
3.54
Number of Ratings
138
5 STARS
23%
4 STARS
30%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Gary Soto
Author · 55 books
Gary Soto is the author of eleven poetry collections for adults, most notably New and Selected Poems, a 1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly, Poetry International, and Poetry, which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in the interview series Poets in Person. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. For ITVS, he produced the film “The Pool Party,” which received the 1993 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Film Excellence. In 1997, because of his advocacy for reading, he was featured as NBC’s Person-of-the-Week. In 1999, he received the Literature Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association, and the PEN Center West Book Award for Petty Crimes. He divides his time between Berkeley, California and his hometown of Fresno.
