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    <![CDATA[Buried Onions]]>
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    <![CDATA[Eddie can always smell onions in the air--the sharp bitter odor of hopelessness and anger that haunts the poor side of Fresno. &quot;I had a theory about those vapors, which were not released by the sun's heat but by a huge onion buried under the city. This onion made us cry. Tears leapt from our eyelashes and stained our faces.&quot; Eddie tries to escape from the poverty and gang society that surrounds him by taking vocational classes and staying away from his old &quot;cholos,&quot; (gang friends). But when his cousin is killed, his aunt urges him to seek out and punish the murderer. To avoid the pressure building in his neighborhood, Eddie takes a landscaping job in an affluent suburb. But this too goes awry when his boss's truck is stolen while in his care. In the end, with his money gone and a dangerous gang member stalking him, Eddie's only choice is to join the military and hope that they can give him a better future than the one Fresno seems to offer.<p>  There is no tidy closure--certainly no happy ending--to this bleak novel. But that is exactly what gives <em>Buried Onions</em> its strong, acidic flavor. Teens with a low tolerance for any type of pretense will appreciate Gary Soto's honesty in not trying to force a fairy-tale ending. In spare but always striking prose, Soto has written an unrelentingly grim story that teens will savor because it rings true. (Ages 13 and older)  <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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