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Gr 8-Up Orphaned Pancho's 20-year-old mentally disabled sister is found dead in a New Mexico motel room. He meets D.Q., dying of a rare cancer, at a home for boys. D.Q.'s mother, Helen, forces him to undergo experimental chemotherapy, despite the gruesome side effects. Pancho cares for D.Q. during his stay at a Ronald McDonald-type residence. The one bright spot is Marisol, who works there. D.Q. knows that Pancho pla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Following his breakout book, Marcelo in the Real World (rev. 3/09), Stork offers yet another story with complex characters, rich and powerful themes, and a vivid setting. Tough-guy Pancho Sanchez is a ward of the state of New Mexico: his father died in an accident and his "slow" older sister, Rosa, died in a motel room under mysterious circumstances. Pancho is convinced that she was murdered and lives to take vengeance on his sister's killer. Pancho is placed first in a foster home and then in an orphanage, where h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Stork (<i>Marcelo in the Real World</i>) offers another story with complex characters, rich and powerful themes, and a vivid setti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Pancho, reserved and intense, and D.Q., chatty and funny, are a classic pair of unlikely friends. Pancho’s determination to kill the man responsible for his sister’s death provides a suspenseful throughline, while D.Q. and Pancho’s burgeoning fri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More