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Diego's crossingRobert Hough

Diego's crossing

2015150 pages
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LiteraryYoung Adult

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Seventeen-year-old Diego dreams of a brighter future. His small town near the Mexican-United States border has been ravaged by the drug war, and the newspaper headlines are filled with body counts. One day, Diego's older brother Ernesto shows up in a tricked-out Chevy Silverado. Diego is fully aware of what no one is willing to openly admit: Ernesto is a gangster. Diego manages to avoid his brother, until he discovers Ernesto badly beaten and unable to finish a drug run for a brutal gang. Then Diego does what he swore he would never do--deliver drugs across the border. Once he successfully…

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  • Other · English · 2015
    150 pages · 9781554517565
Drug trafficJuvenile fictionGangsBrothersFictionAmerican literature