Narrated by Robert Ramirez. Tito’s Jimmy is killed in a drive-by shooting but the trouble doesn’t end there. Gang members turn Tito’s house upside down. Tito’s friend Gus tries to convince him to join the gang. And soon the gang is threatening Tito and demanding he turn over what Jimmy owed them. Tito learns that Jimmy’s support of the family came about by his involvement in running drugs for the gang. Tito respects his brother too much to join up with a gang.

Tito, Mina, and Jimmy are walking near the library when a car pulls up. Jimmy goes over to talk to them, and, little does he know that they will be his last words. Jimmy is gunned down in front of Tito and Mina. Tito struggles with the difficulties of who to trust, who killed Jimmy, and basically what to do with his life now that his best friend betrays him and becomes one of the gangbangers that killed his brother. ( )

dis is to who ever reviewed dhe book b4 mii the kids names are MINA tito n jimmy ( )

There were these three kids. named mikey, tito and jimmy. jimmy gets hit by a drive by and tito wondered why because jimmy wasn't in any gangs then he found out he was and they killed him because he had drug money that they wanted and then jimmy found it and told them where it was then he told the cops and the gangbangers got in trouble so then he takes his sister to the driner to get some french fries then after that he takes her home. he grabs jimmy's glove and his own and went outside and played catch with her and tito aid jimmy is probaly looking down at us smiling and laughing.

Jimmy, the oldest son of a poor family living in LA, tries to make enough money to help his family after his father moves back to Tennessee. What Tito, Mina and his Mother don’t know is that the random, drive-by shooting of Jimmy is not so random after all. Ewing’s prose however, well intentioned is choppy, predictable and overly sentimental.
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