Synopses & Reviews
As the book opens, 15-year-old Kata is at her best friend's funeral. She has a vision of herself and the rest of her gang practically lining up to jump in the grave with Aria, but she can't see a way to make her life different, can't see that she has any choices.
The story surges from one powerful scene to the next Kata and Ana dancing at a go-go contest...Ana being killed in a dive-by...Kata with a gun, out of revenge.
Filled with atmosphere as well as action, this novel has a sensual, cinematic quality that vividly evokes Kata's crumbling world. It is an affecting portrait of gang life and the terrible struggle of a girl trying to find some reason to hope for a future.
Synopsis
Pocho handed her a gun and for the first time in days, Kata felt calm. She hadn't known what to do, how to be, without Ana. An endless loop of memories spun around her brain--dancing wild at the go-go contest...running through the night-black streets...booming gunfire and screaming tires...the weight of her friend's lifeless body...Ana's blood, cold and tacky on her skin. But this gun put Kata in control. Someone would pay for Ana's death. Someone would pay.
Filled with atmosphere and action, this novel offers readers a window into the world of a gang member who knows she needs to get even, prays she won't get killed, but doesn't dare hope to ever get out.