In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes�love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary Soto brings to life the joys and pains of young people everywhere. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us.

A contemporary classic about the pitfalls and triumphs of the teenage years is given a fresh new look for its tenth anniversary.