Stork, Francisco X. Behind the Eyes.STORK stork, common name for members of a family of long-legged wading birds. The storks are related to the herons and ibises and are found in most of the warmer parts of the world. , Francisco X. Behind the eyes. Penguin, Dutton. 246p. 0-525-47735-7. $16.99. S Stork was born in Mexico, grew up in the projects of El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , and now is an attorney living in Massachusetts. He wanted to write about the Chicano youths he remembers; to create a suspenseful sus·pense n. 1. The condition of being physically suspended. 2. a. The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or doubtful. b. story his own teenage children would enjoy reading. He has accomplished that goal. His narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. is Hector, an intelligent boy who dreams of escaping his family's life of poverty and violence. Hector's father is dead. Now, his brother is dead. When the story opens, we know Hector is in trouble with the law, that he has committed a violent act, and that he has been given the option of doing a year in a special school for troubled boys near San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. . Throughout the novel, as Hector adjusts to the school, the background story of what caused him to commit the assault is slowly revealed, exposing an adolescent world of honor, revenge, and inescapable violence. Getting away from his neighborhood, into college, will be Hector's only hope of survival. Even in the special school he isn't safe, because someone has been sent to exact vengeance for the act Hector committed--a circle of violence. This is a fine novel, which should be quite popular with all those with an interest in understanding the culture of gangs. The characters are sympathetic, and the complexities of the culture are delineated de·lin·e·ate tr.v. de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates 1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out. 2. To represent pictorially; depict. 3. , with no stereotypes to take away from the story. Claire Rosser, KLIATT S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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