Name: The Beet Fields
SKU: 64811092
Price: 830.00 TWD
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Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9780099439653

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Publisher

Red Fox

Author

Gary Paulsen

Year

2002

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20x13.1x1 cm

ISBN13

9780099439653

The Beet Fields

Gary Paulsen (Author) · Red Fox · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Beet Fields"

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; 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.

America, 1955. 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.