Finding Our Way by Rene Saldana, Jr. These are 11 short stories about latino kids. The title story is the last story and the only one with chapters. It is about the neighborhood reaction when one boy goes missing, and is subsequently found dead. My favorites are chapters 9 and 10, which makes me wonder if the best stories were purposely put at the back of the book.
Manny Calls is about Manny, whose grandfather died. Manny used to be close to his grandfather, and now that he is dead, Manny calls his grandfather's old phone number and confides to him as the recording plays.
The Dive is about a girl who wants to dive off the bridge like the neighborhood boys do. She needs permission though, so she goes and talks to her grandmother, who gives her lots of stories that let her make the right decisions by herself.
Happy reading.
