Title: It doesn't have to be this way
Subtitle: a barrio story
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Hispanic Americans, Gangs, Pandillas, Ficción juvenil, Hispanoestadounidenses, Fiction, Spanish language materials, Bilingual
LC classification: PZ73 .R62925 1999