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Smith, D. James

The Boys of San Joaquin

232 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | February, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-689-87606-8 $15.95
(3) 4-6 On a search for money missing from their church collection, Paolo and his cousin make some unlikely friends and see themselves and their family in new ways. The novel, set in 1951 in California's Central Valley, is a rich portrait of a time and place. The strength of the novel is Smith's careful, vivid use of descriptive language.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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