Ruiz Street Kids / Los Muchachos de la Calle Ruiz (Spanish and English Edition) - Softcover

Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558853219 ISBN 13: 9781558853218

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 2006

Synopsis

Meet the Silva kids, the Guerra boys, and the new Perez family who live on Ruiz Street. On a hot summer day, a new kid named David rides into the neighborhood. Gossip about the mysterious boy stretches longer than a wad of gum. The kids wonder why he rides a different bike everyday.

Is he stealing them? He gets rough at the swimming pool, he scares the younger kids, and he spies over the fence. Why is he always so mean? Is it true that he eats a bee's nest for breakfast and sleeps on a bed of nails? What does he want from the kids who live on Ruiz Street and why in the world would they ever want to be friends with somebody like David? The young narrator, Joe Silva, introduces intermediate readers to both his friends and their common enemy on Ruiz Street. David doesn't have good people skills and doesn't know quite how to improve them. Can the other kids see beyond his faults and discover another side to the boy on the bike? Filled with humor and mystery, the Ruiz Street kids' adventures are sure to entertain as they try to understand the peculiar habits of the new boy named David.

Like her previous books for intermediate readers, Alicia's Treasure and Upside Down and Backwards, Bertrand has written another book to get children talking about making new friends, sibling relationships, and the misconceptions of first impressions. Even the most reluctant readers will keep reading to discover what those Ruiz Street Kids plan to do about the newest kid on the block.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The adventures of the Ruiz Street Kids will entertain intermediate readers in English or Spanish.

About the Author:

Diane Gonzales Bertrand is the author of numerous books for children and young adults. Her books for intermediate readers include Alicia's Treasure and Upside Down and Backwards / De cabeza y al reves, which was a finalist for the 2005 Teddy Children's Book Award and received Special Recognition, 2005 Paterson Prize for Young People. A lifelong resident of San Antonio, Bertrand teaches at St. Mary's University, where she is also Writer in Residence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1558853219
• ISBN 13: 9781558853218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224