
Ramon Santiago, a fourteen-year-old street kid and poet, records his thoughts in a notebook. He is skilled with words and skilled with his knife, when needed. Alone, he wants to join a street gang to be macho, but to prove himself, he must rob an elderly artist down on his luck,...

"Tough, candid and perceptive, an unusual story, unusually well told."Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Ramon is torn between two different worlds - his life on the streets, running with the gangs, and his longing to be a writer. The powerful relationship he forms with a wheelchair-bound old artist rekindles dreams and, for Ramon, new dreams are born.
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"Tough, candid and perceptive, an unusual story, unusually well told."Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Tough, candid and perceptive, an unusual story, unusually well told."Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books