Pacific Crossing, Gary Soto
Pacific Crossing, Gary Soto
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Pacific Crossing

Author: Gary Soto

Narrator: Robert Ramirez

Unabridged: 3 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/12/2009

Synopsis

Lincoln is happy to be going to Japan as a martial arts exchange student. So is Tony, his barrio brother from San Francisco. They're excited about living in a dojo, or school for martial arts, and practicing the art of kempo. When Lincoln arrives in Japan, he is surprised to find that the dojo is a vacant lot. He will be living on a small farm with the Ono family, whose mother reminds him of his own. The father likes to play practical jokes, and the son, Mitsuo, likes baseball. This strange country holds many surprises for Lincoln as he progresses through kempo and grows to love the Onos as his Japanese family. The expert narration by Robert Ramirez gives authenticity to this young Mexican-American boy's coming of age story. Listeners will enjoy being there when Lincoln realizes that friendship transcends culture and nationality.

About Gary Soto

Gary Soto is the author of Baseball in April, Taking Sides, Puppy Love, and many more books for young readers. He is a National Book Award finalist and a recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, the NEA Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award, the California Library Association’s Beatty Award, and the PEN Center West Book Award. He lives in Northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wayne on March 19, 2014

Fourteen-year-old Lincoln (Linc) Mendoza, a Franklin Junior High student of Mexican-American heritage who just finished seventh grade, lives with his mother in a Mission District barrio of San Francisco, CA. During the summer, Linc and his best friend, Tony Contreras, go to Japan as exchange student......more

Goodreads review by Mark on July 13, 2012

If you are merely reading this book for sheer adult entertainment, this is not the novel for you. This is a book written with the teenager in mind. It is quite suited particularly for students who have a desire to travel or for students who have experienced a move to a foreign country. The theme pre......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on January 09, 2020

Easy book, only 126 pages long. Story follows a boy, and his journey to Japan. It's a nice story that explores both Mexican and Japanese cultures, from the viewpoint of a fourteen year old. Overall, intresting story.......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 21, 2015

Listened to the audio. Jacob rates 4 stars, Ellie and mom 3 stars......more

Goodreads review by Liz on June 15, 2018

Pacific Crossing gives the reader a glimpse into two worlds, as 14-year-old Lincoln Mendoza narrates his experience as a Mexican-American kid traveling for a foreign exchange program in Japan. Although Soto includes interesting, unique cultural experiences (Lincoln practices a martial art called kem......more

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