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100 1 _aSoto, Gary.
245 1 2 _aA fire in my hands :
_ba book of poems /
_cGary Soto.
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic,
_cc1990.
300 _a63 p. :
_bill. ;
505 0 _aForeword -- Black hair -- Learning to bargain -- In August -- That girl -- October -- How to sell things -- Oranges -- Brown girl, blonde okie -- Heaven -- Envying the children of San Francisco -- Kearney park -- Hitchhiking with a friend and a book that explains the pacific ocean -- Morning on this street -- Autumn with a daughter who's just catching on where we could go -- Pepper tree -- Failing in the presence of ants -- Eating bread -- How things work -- Finding a lucky number -- Teaching numbers -- Looking around, believing -- Evening walk -- Questions and answers about poetry.
520 _aThe author's twenty-one poems are about the themes of life and each is preceded by a personal anecdote.
600 1 0 _aSoto, Gary
650 0 _aPoets, American
650 0 _aMexican American poets
650 0 _aMexican American youth
650 0 _aMexican Americans
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