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Taking Sides

Name: Taking Sides
Author: Gary Soto
ISBN: 9780152046941

by Gary Soto

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Overview

Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.

Synopsis

Lincoln Mendoza has to face his homeboys when his posh new school goes up against his old school on the basketball court.

About the Author, Gary Soto

GARY SOTO's first book for young readers, Baseball in April and Other Stories, won the California Library Association's Beatty Award and was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He has since published many novels, short stories, plays, and poetry collections for adults and young people. He lives in Berkeley, California. www.garysoto.com