Buried Onions

Overview

When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California. A junior college dropout, 19-year-old Eddie is trying to support himself in this story set in the barrio of Fresno, California. Annotation. For Eddie there isn't much to do in his rundown neighborhood but eat, sleep, watch out for drive-bys, and just try to get through each day. His father, two uncles, and his best friend are all dead, and it's a struggle not to end up the same way. The violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion with its ubiquitous vapors were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers after the death of his cousin and discovers that his closest friends may be his worst enemies.

Details

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published

2006

Pages

149

Language

EN

Categories

Juvenile Fiction / Hispanic & Latino, Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Violence, Young Adult Fiction / Boys & Men, Young Adult Fiction / Coming of Age, Young Adult Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, Young Adult Fiction / Hispanic & Latino, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Peer Pressure, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Violence, Juvenile Fiction / General

ISBN-13

9780152062651