Homestretch
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2009 - Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
0 words, Guess
Page Count
0 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehomestretch00volp
- ISBN-101416939873
- ISBN-139781416939870
- LibraryThing8524427
- Goodreads6582896
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2008030024
- OCLC Control Number243960465
- Open LibraryOL23173122M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.V8877 Hom 2009
Description
Five months after losing his mother, seventeen-year-old Gas runs away from an abusive father and gets a job working at an Arkansas race track, surrounded by the illegal Mexican immigrants that he and his father blame for her death.
Subjects
Topics
DeathHorsesFictionJockeysRunawaysPrejudicesHorse racingDeath -- FictionFathers and sonsDeath in fictionHorses -- FictionMexican AmericansHorses in fictionJockeys -- FictionJockeys in fictionRunaways -- FictionRunaways in fictionPrejudices -- FictionPrejudices in fictionHorse racing -- FictionHorse racing in fictionFathers and sons -- FictionFathers and sons in fictionMexican Americans -- FictionMexican Americans in fiction
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- Homestretch
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