chap16

Victor's dog, well his brother's dog, was going crazy in his house. Rosa and Emilio, people who take care of them, had woken up and told him that his brother was dying. Victor cried and yelled at Shep ,the dog, to stop barking and howling but he wouldn't. Victor had tried to go to sleep but he couldn't, Shep kept barking. In the morning he found out that his brother did die.

chap 15

Victor had to sty after school again to catch up on his reading. One day when he came out of his class, 3 guys surrounded him. They started hitting him and he started hitting back, biting, scratching and anything he could to get them off of him. They finally got off and said that they had done that because he was mexican and more mexicans were going to go to their school the next year. The next day 4 guys had tried to jump him and 1 of them was his own friend Dennis. He started hitting them first because he knew what was going to happen. They got off of him and ran. The next day 5 guys jumped him and he couldn't defend himself as well as he could before. He got beat up real bad that he couldn't ride his bike all day way home, he had to make a lot f stops to rest.

chap 15

Victor's parents came back from Las Vegas and had a whole bunch of silver dollars. Two days later they had to take Victor's brother back to the hospital because he was getting worse . His mom stayed with him either at the hospital o a nearby hotel. At school, a new girl had gotten there and got with his friend Dennis. She showed them her underwear for 5 cents each. After that, her and Denis kept bugging Victor about helping them blackmail people.

chap14

Victor's brother and him were talking about what had happened with the car. They were talking and it got to the point where he asked him if he was dying. His brother said yes and he started crying.

chap 13

Victor's parents went to Las Vegas for a few days. While they were gone Victor's cousin had come over to visit them. His sister decided to throw a party and made everyone swear not to tell. Victor said he wouldn't tell if he got 50 cents for each person that went. His cousin Chemo, who came to visit, got mad and said your not suppose to blackmail family. He got paid a quarter for each person instead. The next day Chemo, his sister, sister's friend, Joan, and him were in Joan's parents car. Chemo was driving real fast and Victor told him to slow down because he was going to crash and if he didn't he would jump out. Chemo didn't believe him, so Victor jumped out the car and they would of crashed if he hadn't. At my uncles ranch me and my cousins were drifting with the cars they have there. One time we were going to fast and when we turned we had flipped the car. No one got hurt we were just laughing cause the car had flipped back on its wheels. It was pretty fun. lol

burro genius chap 13

Victor's brother got really sick and had to go to the hospital. Something was wrong with his liver. When his brother felt better he went back home and ate menudo for a whole week straight. When i'm sick my mom makes me eat menudo too. I don't mind it though i love menudo. She also makes me drink 7up. lol

chap 10

Victor and his family started the celebration. There were a lot of people. There was one guy who scared Victor by telling him that his father killed people and was good at it. He got scare and got into like trance and was remembering when his dad was drunk and i guess was after him and his mom, brother, and sister. When he got off his "trance", he seen the man that his dad had fooled into thinking he was a worker. He ran to tell him but it was too late. The man ws talking to him and right away figured out who he was.

chap 10

They finished skinning the steer and Victor's dad had opened it up and was taking out the intestines. At my uncle's ranch we do kinda of the same thing, we hang up the goat, steer , o whatever we're going to kill that day and slit their throat, skin them, and cut them. We also dig a big hole just like Victor and his dad did. We use it for the same reason too, to cook the kill.

chap 10

Victor and his brother, dad, and another man named Nicholás were going to kill a steer. They had to put him onto a tractor so they could take the meat to a cooler. At my uncle's ranch we had killed 2 goats .

chap 10

Their house was finished. Victor and his dad were preparing for a big celebration at their new house. They were dragging stumps out of the way to get their front yard ready. Victor's dad let him drive the tractor. When a man, all dressed up, came by their house, Victor's dad acted like if he and Victor were the "owners" workers. He pretended that he barely knew the "owner" and was going to show the man the house.