Communicating with the writer:

Gary Soto really appreciates letters from students and fans. But because of his writing and travel schedule, he cannot answer individual letters. He is more than willing, however, to answer letters from students provided that they arrive together in a large envelope (not individually). In fact, he encourages teachers to have their students write as a classroom.

Sadly, Mr. Soto cannot answer letters regarding school projects on his work. It is up to every student to do his or her homework alone.

Gary Soto
43 The Crescent
Berkeley, California 94708

Marisol
$7.00.

Marisol will dance into your life as she is the newest doll from the American Girl Series.

The Cat’s Meow
$4.00 paper, Scholastic, 1995

The household pet has somehow learned to speak Spanish.

The Skirt
$15.00 hardcover
$6.00 paper, Bantam Doubleday Dell

Miata loses her folklorico skirt on the school bus. Will she get it back in time for the big performance?

"Light, easy reading...offering readers a cast and situation with which to identify, whatever their own ethnic origins." The Bulletin. Recommended