Title: Dark Suspicions
Description: Everyone's a little nervous after a drive-by in the barrio. But then comes news of another shooting, and it hits very close to home for Ernesto Sandoval. After Naomi's neighbor and fellow senior, Roxie Torres, is shot, a homeless drifter is arrested. But Ernesto thinks Roxie is a liar.
Subjects: Drive-by shootings, Neighborhood, Honesty, Hispanic American neighborhoods, High school students, Fiction, Homeless persons, Hispanic Americans, High schools, Schools, Truthfulness and falsehood, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction
Places: Chavez High School
People: Ernesto Sandoval, Naomi Martinez, Roxie Torres