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Liz
Jun 24, 2017 rated it really liked it
Still a very valid commentary, made more disturbing by how little has changed.
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Mary
Apr 27, 2010 rated it liked it
This book was banned from Rockford, Il. schools because it is about gang life.
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Sep 01, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction, 2009
A true story of a Chicano man who grew up in L.A. during the beginning of the barrio gang wars. This is an inspiring story about how this young man beat the odds and changed his life. It is not easy to escape a gang alive and he has many emotional and physical scars to prove it. Young teens would love this book, especially inner city youth who grow up around the gang population. Very inspirational. I'm going to give my copy to the local high school where I work. ...more
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