Title: Chain reaction
Description: When he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of Fairfield after six years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, falls for a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family.
Subjects: Gangs, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, Mexican Americans, High schools, Schools, nyt:series-books=2011-09-04, New York Times bestseller
Places: Fairfield (Ill.)