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Bait Soft cover - 2009
by Alex Sanchez
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In this bold story of a boy trying to grow beyond a painful past, award-winning author Sanchez calls upon his personal experience as a probation officer to reveal the complexities of one of his most genuinely realized characters to date.
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Details
- Title Bait
- Author Alex Sanchez
- Binding Soft cover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Date 2009
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # 059192
- ISBN 9781416937746 / 1416937749
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.24 x 6.6 x 0.66 in (20.93 x 16.76 x 1.68 cm)
- Ages 12 to 17 years
- Grade levels 7 - 12
- Reading level 630
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Library of Congress subjects Mexican Americans, Stepfathers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008038815
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Diego has gotten into trouble because of his temper before. But when he punches out a guy in school who was looking at him funny, he finds himself in juvenile court, facing the possibility of probation, or worseâÈ'juvenile jail. Mr. Vidas is assigned as his probation officer, but Diego doesnâÈçt trust or like him. However, he doesnâÈçt have a choiceâÈ'he has to talk to Mr. Vidas, or heâÈçll find himself in worse trouble. ItâÈçs only when Diego starts to open up to Mr. Vidas that he begins to understand that the source of his anger is buried in his pastâÈ'and to move beyond it, he needs to stop running from his personal demons.