

Living Up the Street
Author: Gary Soto
Narrator: Robert Ramirez
Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/12/2013
Categories: Children's Fiction
Synopsis
As this compilation of 21 short stories and articles illustrates, there is no limit to the amount of fun a child can have, or how much he can terrorize siblings and neighbors if his imagination is active. Whether it’s beating the new neighbor kids with bagged cats, or staring into a fan for an hour without blinking while imagining he is a World War I biplane pilot, Soto passes along humorous and compelling life lessons and tales of coming of age.
“A warm, human, forgiving (but never forgetting) account of growing up in the barrio … ”—Russell Banks