Baseball in April and Other Stories
by Gary Soto
Strong evocations of childhood and young adolescence unfold in eleven original stories... read more
14 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
Year Published 2000
Word Count 27,521
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 5931
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Spanish
- Social Studies
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Gary Soto
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2021
Author Honor, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
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