Efrain has always been the good boy, the good son. While his friends are out dealing drugs or hooking up with girls, he’s busy being Mr. Responsible—all so he can get into an Ivy League school and get out of the ghetto. But the pressures of being Mr. Perfect are about to catch up with Efrain in a big way. What’s an upwardly-motivated teen—without the money to get where he wants to go—to do? In Efrain’s case, the enticements of quick drug money prove too much to resist. Pretty soon, Efrain is raking in the cash … and the consequences. And his life, and the lives of those he loves, will never be the same.
Genre: Fiction (YA) Jenny’s rating (out of 5 stars): 4 You’ll like this book if: You like gritty, urban stories about choices and consequences. You won’t like this book if: You’re looking for a fairy-tale ending.