The Beet Fields
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THE NORTH DAKOTA SUN CAME UP LATE.
About this book
For a 16-year-old boy out in the world alone for the first time, every day’s 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.
Themes & subjects
Teenage boysAmerican AuthorsJuvenile literatureChildhood and youthBiographyAuthors, juvenile literature
First published 2000Characters & people
Setting
United States20th century
About the authors
Gary Paulsen
17 May 1939 – 13 Oct 2021
Gary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming of age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.[ **Source**: [Gary Paulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen) on Wikipedia
MacLeod Andrews
Actor
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