Diamond Park Contributor(s): Diederich, Phillippe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0593354257 ISBN-13: 9780593354254 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Mexico - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2021029597 |
Lexile Measure: 660 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A fast-paced YA novel about four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston, a '59 Chevy Impala, and a murder that changes their lives forever. Flaco isn't the kind of kid who gets in trouble. He doesn't want to give his mom or his aunt Ana Flor any grief--they've had enough since his cousin Carlos died serving in Afghanistan. But he finds a whole lot more trouble than he bargained for when he and his friends Tiny, Magaña, and Susi ride the bus from their Houston neighborhood to Diamond Park to buy a used car. And not just any car--a 1959 Impala convertible, a dream car. The transaction gets complicated fast, and Susi ends up with a knife in her hands, covered in blood. When Tiny has to disappear to avoid ICE, Flaco and Magaña head south in the Impala to set things right. In a wildly impetuous move, the two boys cross into Mexico hunting for a trafficker named Anaconda, the man they believe is the real killer, to clear Susi's name. In a breathtaking, seat-of-your-pants adventure they manage to kidnap him but in the process they discover how little they ever actually understood about what really happened in Diamond Park. |