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The Beet Fields

Memories of a Sixteenth Summer

  • 2000 first published
  • 176 pages
  • 10 editions

Published in 2000, The Beet Fields is a circus fiction novel by Gary Paulsen and MacLeod Andrews. It takes readers to United States in the 20th century. It features Gary Paulsen. Readers will find themes of teenage boys, american Authors, childhood and youth and Biography.

It has been published in 10 editions.

It runs to roughly 176 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Gary Paulsen

Subjects

  • Teenage boys
  • American Authors
  • Childhood and youth
  • Biography
  • Authors, juvenile literature
  • Authors, american
  • Adolescence
  • Carnivals
  • Homeless teenagers
  • Gary Paulsen
  • Children's fiction
  • Runaways
  • Migrant labor

Quick answers

Who wrote The Beet Fields?

The Beet Fields was written by Gary Paulsen and MacLeod Andrews and first published in 2000.

What genre is The Beet Fields?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival.

How long is The Beet Fields?

The median edition has 176 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Beet Fields?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Funhouse, Water for Elephants and Tom Clancy's Net Force.

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