The Brothers Torres
By: Coert Vorhees
316p
Hyperion
ISBN-13: 978-0312428167
Annotation:
Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang member friends.
Summary:
In one year Frankie Towers is making big changes. After living for years in his brother the soccer star's shadow, Frankie is finally beginning to make a name for himself.
Frankie has just asked the most popular girl in school to the homecoming dance, the only problem is that he just beat the wealthiest and most influential high school senior at their New Mexico high school. In addition, Frankie is far from being considered popular in fact many of the people in school would consider him to be a "nerd".
This novel is the perfect combination of humor and the occasional serious situation. Frankie has to balance the expectations of his family and their ideas of what a true man is, with the man he wants to become. A feeling that many teenagers can relate to.
Students will instanly see the parallels between Frankie and his brother Steve the college bound sibling who spends all of his time with the local cholo gang, and grow to feel for the difficult situation that he is in. Frankie, however never loses his voice and will fight to gain the respect of his family and his friends. Traits that alll teenagers can appreciate.
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