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    Pacific Crossing
    Pacific Crossing
    Pacific Crossing
    Audiobook3 hours

    Pacific Crossing

    Written by Gary Soto

    Narrated by Robert Ramirez

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Lincoln is happy to be going to Japan as a martial arts exchange student. So is Tony, his barrio brother from San Francisco. They're excited about living in a dojo, or school for martial arts, and practicing the art of kempo. When Lincoln arrives in Japan, he is surprised to find that the dojo is a vacant lot. He will be living on a small farm with the Ono family, whose mother reminds him of his own. The father likes to play practical jokes, and the son, Mitsuo, likes baseball. This strange country holds many surprises for Lincoln as he progresses through kempo and grows to love the Onos as his Japanese family. The expert narration by Robert Ramirez gives authenticity to this young Mexican-American boy's coming of age story. Listeners will enjoy being there when Lincoln realizes that friendship transcends culture and nationality.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 12, 2009
    ISBN9781440717147
    Pacific Crossing
    Author

    Gary Soto

    Gary Soto is a National Book Award finalist and a recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Medal, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, the NEA Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award, the California Library Association’s Beatty Award, and the PEN Center West Book Award. He lives in Northern California.

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    • 3/5
      I listened to this on audioCD, read by Robert Ramirez. He has quite a strong American accent but as the characters are American this was appropriate.It was interesting how different life was in Japan, compared with the US. From the communal baths to working in the fields.The main character, Lincoln, settles in well with his adopted family and gets along with his new friend Mitsuo.He works hard to improve his skills in kempo, a martial art that he had learned back home.They travel a bit within Japan, both into the city and on a pilgrimage.All in all quite informative with a light touch. Suitable for age 10+.