num_pages: 188
description: Life isn't easy for Peter Kim. The super and other thugs in his neighborhood are out to get him. His best friend suddenly hates his guts. And he's stuck babysitting his little brother for the summer. But things hit absolute rock bottom when his apartment gets burglarized and he loses his most-prized possession. Undaunted, Peter tries to move on. But his misfit friends, all members of the Warriors, just won't let him. Spurred on by their teasing and the desire to shut them up, he sets out to find out who ripped him off. What follows is an investigation like no other that chronicles the most important 48 hours of a young boy's life. Finalist for the Asian American Writers' Workshop Literary Award...Set in Elmhurst, Queens, NYC, this book is the second installment of Park's Elmhurst Trilogy, made up of Boy Genius, Las Cucarachas, and Rated R Boy.
language: English
title: Las Cucarachas
titlecomplete: Las Cucarachas
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Akashic Books