Trino's Choice

Trino's Choice

Fiction.Latino/Latina Studies. "A dramatic and realistic contemporary novel about a Latino boy struggling to grow into manhood and somehow make the right choices in the absence of adult guidance" --Booklist. To be thirteen is worthless, Trino thinks. Trino has three little brothers he's supposed to look after, and no father he can look up to. He rules at video games, but in the classroom and out in the real world he's barely getting by --just like his mom, who scarcely manages to pay the bills and feed her kids by working all the time. Trino gets angry at his terrible life; but when an older teen with a vicious streak invites him to hang with his crowd -- and maybe make some quick money too --Trino doesn't know what to think. What kind of choices does he have, anyway? To run or die? Seventh-grader Trino Olivares likes video games a lot more than he likes books. But when Rosca, an older teen with a vicious streak, invites Trino to start hanging out with his crowd---and maybe make some quick money, too---the boy doesn't know what to think. It's up to Trino to decide which choices will impress his friends---and which choices are the best for Trino. "Thirteen-year-old Trino is a welcome addition in a book that deserves a sequel." "This is a dramatic and realistic contemporary novel." Diane Gonzales Bertrand is the author of several young-adult novels including Lessons of the Game, Sweet Fifteen, and Alicia's Treasure, and she is now working on a sequel to Trino's Choice. She is also a writer of picture books for younger children, including Sip, Slurp, Soup / Caldo, Caldo, Caldo (with illustrator Alex Pardo DeLange) and Family, Familia (with illustrator Pauline Rodriguez Howard). Diane Gonzales Bertrand is a lifelong resident of San Antonio and teaches at St. Mary's University, where she is now Writer-in-Residence. Used Book in Good Condition