A drive-by shooting occurs in the barrio, and later on Roxie Torres turns up having been shot claiming a drifter did it, but fellow student Ernesto Sandoval does not believe her.
Beaver returns home from prison to see his barrio with new eyes. After the death of his mother and the absence of his abrasive father, Beaver must somehow piece together a life for his brother Cande and himself.
Presents a study of barrios written in both English and Spanish that follows Marc as he discusses his heritage, the neighborhood in Brooklyn where he lives, his sister and their friends, and some of the things they do after school.
A drive-by shooting occurs in the barrio, and later on Roxie Torres turns up having been shot claiming a drifter did it, but fellow student Ernesto Sandoval does not believe her.
