00821cam a2200229 4500 503738028 TxAuBib 20010718120000.0 000204s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00023184 9780385326476 0385326475 TxAuBib Paulsen, Gary. The beet fields : memories of a sixteenth summer / Gary Paulsen. New York : Delacorte Press, 2000. x, 160 p. ; 22 cm. The author recalls his experiences as a migrant laborer and carnival worker after he ran away from home at age sixteen. 20010718. Authors, American Biography. Teenage boys Fiction.