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<p>When thirteen-year-old Ricky Diaz discovers that his mother was actually murdered by drug dealers, he's desperate for revenge. But his father, a former drug enforcement agent, refuses the mission the DEA now offers: to steal an airplane with an American-made radar detector that the cartel uses to smuggle drugs from Mexico.</p> <p>Angry with his father for throwing away the chance to avenge his mother, Ricky decides to take matters into his own hands <i>he</i> will steal the plane. He runs away to Mexico, disguising himself as one of the many <i>rateros</i>, or homeless children. Life on the streets proves extremely hard and dangerous, and he's barely surviving when he meets Soledad, a crafty but kindhearted <i>ratera</i>. With her help, he must find a way to get into the drug cartel's compound and take the plane - or end up as yet another casualty in the raging drug war.</p> <p>In this thrilling novel, author Ben Mikaelsen sheds light on America's war on drugs and the grittiness of street life while exploring an unexpected friendship and the healing power of family.</p> <p>Thirteen-year-old Ricky, the Mexican American son of a former Drug Enforcement Ag

Author

Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-

Publisher

Disney/Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781562823870

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Literary Fiction