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Trino's time
By Bertrand, Diane Gonzales
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-55885-316-4
- Publisher
- Houston, TX : Piñata Books, 2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2001
Gr 6-9 The 13-year-old introduced in Trino's Choice (Pi-ata, 1999) is having a difficult life at home and at school. Recently, he has been trying to come to grips with the death of his best friend during an attempted robbery at a car wash-a robbery for which Trino barely missed being implicated. He and his three younger brothers live in a trailer park in Texas with their poorly educated mother who does her best but barely manages to support them. When she loses her job, the family struggles just to get food and c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
