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The Knife and the Butterfly
By PÉREZ, Ashley Hope
- ISBN
- 978-0-7613-6156-5 978-0-7613-8728-2
- Publisher
- Carolrhoda Lab
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—Martin "Azael" Aravelo wakes up one day and finds himself locked in a jail cell. The 15-year-old struggles to recount the still-hazy last few days: "I've got no memory of being brought in here… it's like my brain's a jacked-up DVD player that skips back again and again." There was a fight between Azael's MS13 boys and some punks from rival Houston gang Crazy Crew, but Azael can remember only a few details—his brother Eddie's blue shirt, a flash of red cloth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After getting into a drug-dazed gang fight, Azael wakes up in a detention facility unlike any he has been to before. Denied all conta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
