The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen

The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen

For a sixteen-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day is an education in the hard work and boredom of migrant labor; every day teaches him something more about friendship, or hunger, or profanity, or lust always lust. He learns how a poker game, or hitching a ride, can turn deadly. He discovers the secret sadness and generosity to be found on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere. Then he joins up with a carnival and becomes a grunt, running a ride and shilling for the geek show. He s living the hard carny life and beginning to see the world through carny eyes. He s tough. Cynical. By the end of the summer he s pretty sure he knows it all. Until he meets Ruby.

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Title	The Beet Fields
Author	Gary Paulsen
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