It doesn't have to be this way
Subtitle: a barrio story
By: story by Luis Rodríguez ; illustrations by Daniel Galvez = No tiene que ser así : una historia del barrio / escrito por Luis Rodríguez ; ilustrado por Daniel Galvez.
Contributors: Galvez, Daniel, ill.
Publisher: Children's Book Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Gangs -- Juvenile fiction; Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: No tiene que ser así.
Description: Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.