A review by softcover_sarah
The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer by Gary Paulsen

4.0

Beautifully written, lyrical book with a lot of quiet passion and desperation. What I loved most about this book was what wasn't revealed. All the holes in the narrative and the character were deliberately left unfilled in a way that not only allows the reader to take the place of the nameless main character, but to follow the narrative like retracing the steps of a dream. Lovely read. Great for young boys, as well.