Petty Crimes

My wife and I frequently read short story collections to each other at night. She is a junior high English teacher and also writes young adult fiction, and as such she reads a lot of material written for adolescents. This is one of those books. It's 10 stories of 10 children growing up in urban Hisp......more

This is a compilation of short stories about Latino children who either commit petty crimes or are the subjects of those petty crimes. I was confused at first when I started to read the book because I thought there would be a connection in the plot with all of the characters. I thought somehow their......more

I just finished reading Petty Crimes, the genre might be realistic fiction and the book is by Gary Soto. In this book is about kids that don't have a very easy life because they get into trouble a lot and take a whole lot a risks. My favorite one had to be "La Guera" because in "La Guera" is about a......more

This is a book of short stories all by a Gary Soto about the difficulties of Latino children in poverty. It discusses the struggles of bullying, death, older grandparents, growing up, fitting in, getting trouble, etc. I like Soto’s imagery and sound in his writing but I feel that a few of the storie......more

i just finished a book called "petty crimes," a fiction by gary soto. i would rate it a 10 b/c it has a lot of dialogue in it and it has to involve mexicans in it.......more