Customer Review: I used this book as an extension book for a thematic unit I created over Mexican Migrant Farmers. It is great to bring home the idea that this is not history but is still going on in present day!
Customer Review: This book consists of a series of chapters, one per "former gang member," with each individual telling his own story; brief biographical sketches and photographs are provided for each.
There is a good balance of ethnicities here: Chicano, black, white, and Asian-Americans, male and female. Indeed,... more info
Customer Review: There are 18 stories in this book by teens and they are broken into two main camps--white teens, almost all of whom are girls who live in Ohio, and who shoot guns for sport and belong on a shooting team; and Hispanic teens, most of whom live in Los Angeles or California, and who have either been... more info
