The beet fields
memories of a sixteenth summer
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Author
Publication
2000 - Delacorte Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebeetfieldsmemor000paul
- ISBN-100385326475
- ISBN-139780385326476
- Library of Congress Control Number00023184
- Open LibraryOL6779117M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- DDCB
- LCCPS3566.A834 Z4633 2000
Description
For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day’s an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust—always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He’s living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He’s tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he’s pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.
First Sentence
THE NORTH DAKOTA SUN CAME UP LATE.
Description
The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen.
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Genres
- Biography
- Juvenile literature
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