false 6122766 1 A fifteen-year-old Mexican American has experienced a series of tough breaks before finding himself completely on his own. He decides to try to keep his lack of a home a secret from his school while working hard and staying out of trouble. 6301099 6 3 2009 Messed Up total:26|5:12|4:7|3:5|2:2| 26 107 62 14 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:51:28 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:56:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 15 19:55:46 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 19:58:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:06:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:12:37 -0700 2009
R.D. (Richard Diaz) seems to mess up at everything. He is repeating eighth grade while living with Earl (his grandma's ex boyfriend). He returns from school one day and finds Earl dead and is unable to call Earl's sister, best friend or ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 14:21:33 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 14:30:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:11:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:17:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 09:23:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 23:04:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:43:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:49:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 06:52:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 07:27:16 -0700 2009
Ate it in one sitting.]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 21:16:07 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 21:18:59 -0800 2009 Interesting plot.
Realistic fiction. Just not realistic to "my" kids. Maybe they should have their eyes opened a little more.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:16:16 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 00:06:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 09:50:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:50:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 07:42:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:14:49 -0700 2009
Fantastic. :)]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 14:13:59 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:14:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:55:14 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 21:21:36 -0700 2009
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high school, California, Mexican-American, death, family relationships, orphan, friend relationships, gangs]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 17:02:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 17:02:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 29 16:39:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:39:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 21:10:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 21:10:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 13:11:07 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 13:12:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 13:18:30 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:18:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 18 19:08:05 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 19:08:05 -0700 2009