chap21

Wrestling season had ended and Victor had decided to finally kill Moses, a bully at his school. Moses had embarrassed him and had called him gay, then had said he wasn't even gay but that he was into pigs and dogs. Victor left his class and ran all the way home, when he got there his parents were fighting. Dr. Hoskin, his brother's doctor, was dying and his father wanted his mother to go with him and see him. His mother didn't want to and blames him for Joseph's, Victor's brother, death. A local news article had said Dr. Hoskins was caught drunk at work and was responsible for most deaths of his patients.

chap20

Victor was in the seventh grade and and went to the Army Navy Academy. There he started having problems with his captain and a lot of other guys. A lot of them were bigger than him. He started to have a kill list. He started naming people he wanted to kill and started getting their information. One day a new kid would go on the bus everyday and hit all the younger kids. He made it to the kill list too.

chap19

Victor had a new baby sister. Her name was Teresita. His father had taken him and his sister Linda to the hospital to go see her but the hospital authorities wouldn't let them in because they were too young. His father took them around the back and snuck them in threw a window. That same year Victor and his sister moved to a new catholic school named Star of the Sea. At this school Victor felt better because he didn't have to read out loud.

chap18

Victor's parents went on a vacation and took his older sister with them. Him and his younger sister had to stay with Hans and Helen (family friends). They learned about chickens and when they lay eggs and who lays eggs. They learned German and how to make their beds.

chap17

Victor didn't go to school. His father said 'your gonna flunk anyways'. That day Victor and his family went on a horseback ride. His mother was still upset about what had happened and didn't even want to touch his father. After the horseback ride they ate lunch and took a box of avocados to Victor's teacher. In the box was an envelope with money. The teacher didn't want to take it at first but they explained to her that if she passed Victor they were going to change him to a catholic school. She took it. After when Victor was sleeping his mother rushed in and told him to get ready because his father had gotten the horse drunk at a bar. When they got there the horse was kicking and "dancing" everywhere. They tried to control the horse but t was to drunk, like his father.

chap17

After Victor's teacher told him he was going to flunk again, he told his parents and his mom started crying and his dad took him outside. His dad was talking to him and saying that he was happy that he was going to flunk. He was telling him that he is a man now and that nobody could walk in his shadow.

book 3

In the end of book 2, Joseph, Victor's brother, had died and Victor's parents had given up. They didn't want to believe any more old mexican beliefs or indian beliefs. They yelled and got all angry when Victor tried to cheer them up by telling them that Shep, Joseph's dog, had gone with him in heaven. In book 3, Victor was told that he was going to flunk the fourth grade again. He wasn't going to flunk alone this time though.