The Beet Fields, Gary Paulsen
The Beet Fields, Gary Paulsen
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The Beet Fields
Memories of a Sixteenth Summer

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 2 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/20/2011

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

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.

About Gary Paulsen

Three-time Newbery-winning author Gary Paulsen, hailed as "one of the best-loved writers alive" by the New York Times, divides his time between his ranch in New Mexico, a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, and his dog-kennel in Alaska. He's written over 200 books for young people, stories that have been embraced by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

This book by the author of Hatchet will probably appeal to slightly older boys but NOT to their parents. This book is grittier and tells of a young man's coming of age but involves that taboo subject, sex. It also involves working as a migrant laborer, being cheated by white farmers but being aided......more

Goodreads review by Josiah

I'll say this upfront as a service to Gary Paulsen fans who don't know: The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer is the same basic story as Tiltawhirl John, a novel by Paulsen published in 1977. Without mentioning Tiltawhirl John by name, Paulsen acknowledges in the Author's Note to The Beet......more

Goodreads review by Wanda

Good, but Great read with a very abrupt ending. I expected more and do not like being dropped like a hot potato. Poor way to end a story.......more

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