Homeboy Scholars: Breaking the Mold is the conclusion of a Cholo trilogy that started by introducing American readers to the Chicano gang culture with Hopie and the Los Homes Gang: A Gangland Primer in 1979. The trilogy progressed to the idea of a homeboy taking college classes in Homeboys in College: Heralds of Progress in 1984.
This third book contains success stories written by the homies themselves. They detail how they...