Title: The gun, the heart, and the perico
Description: Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their lives changed by their interactions.
Subjects: Cancer, Orphans, Revenge, Fiction, Mexican Americans, Friendship, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Cancer, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, New mexico, fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Juvenile fiction