cover image A Summer Life

A Summer Life

Gary Soto. Laurel Leaf Library, $6.5 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21024-5

About this collection of 39 sensitive essays and short stories, PW said, ``Soto the realist does not neglect his boyhood mischief, and his sly sense of humor is exercised throughout.'' Ages 12-up. (Sept.)