Muchacho: A Novel;

An inspiring YA debut from the author of Dangerous Minds.

Eddie Corazon is angry. He€s also very smart. But he€s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he€s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up€"when they aren€t in jail.

Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn€t even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie€s world, it€s a thin line between tragedy and glory. And what goes down is entirely in Eddie€s hands.

Gripping, thought-provoking, and hopeful, Muchacho is a rare and inspiring story about one teen€s determination to fight his circumstances and shape his own destiny.