Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
Victor Martinez
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars
3.36
· 14 ratings · 228 pages · Published: 01 Jan 1996
Fourteen-year old Manny Hernandez wants to be more than just a penny. He wants to be a vato firme, the kind of guy people respect. But that's not easy when your father is abusive, your brother can't hold a job, and your mother scrubs the house as if she can wash her troubles away.
In Manny's neighborhood, the way to get respect is to be in a gang. But Manny's not sure that joining a gang is the solution. Because, after all, it's his life – and he wants to be the one to decide what happens to it.
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