Muchacho: A Novel

Black and white illustration of a young man

Product Description: Eddie Corazon is angry. He's also very smart. But he's working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he's a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up — when they aren't in jail. Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn't even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie's world, it's a thin line between tragedy and glory.

Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Love and Romance, Incarceration, Violence
Genre: Fiction
Format: Novel
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Ember