Stories from the Edge

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Book Overview

"I paced my cell with a book in one hand and a knife under my mattress. I knew I could have a long and happy life with a book in my hand or I could have a miserable short life with the shank that was in the mattress."
-Jimmy Santiago Baca

Stories from the Edge enriches and extends Jimmy Santiago Baca's critically acclaimed memoir, A Place to Stand. Early stories elaborate on his travails as an abandoned child in an orphanage. Later stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325029482
• ISBN13: 9780325029481
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher