Diamond Park (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593354254)

A fast-paced YA novel about four Mexican American teenagers from Houston, a '59 Chevy Impala, and a murder that changes their lives forever.

Flaco isn't the kind of kid who gets in trouble. He doesn't want to give his mom or his aunt Ana Flor any grief--they've had enough since his cousin Carlos died serving in Afghanistan. But he finds a whole lot more trouble than he bargained for when he and his friends Tiny, Maga, and Susi ride the bus from their Houston neighborhood to Diamond Park to buy a used car. And not just any car--a 1959 Impala convertible, a dream car. The transaction gets complicated fast, and Susi ends up with a knife in her hands, covered in blood. When Tiny has to disappear to avoid ICE, Flaco and Maga head south in the Impala to set things right. In a wildly impetuous move, the two boys cross into Mexico hunting for a trafficker named Anaconda, the man they believe is the real killer, to clear Susi's name. In a breathtaking, seat-of-your-pants adventure they manage to kidnap him but in the process they discover how little they ever actually understood about what really happened in Diamond Park.

Author: Phillippe Diederich
ISBN-10: 0593354257
ISBN-13: 9780593354254
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2022
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2022
Booklist 03/01/2022 pg. 52
School Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 109
BookPage 03/01/2022