{"product_id":"isas-insulin-chester-gattle-9798760957238","title":"Isa's Insulin: A Cartel Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the '90s. My mom, my grandma, and my two younger sisters all live in a one-bedroom house on a ridge that overlooks the desert city of Juárez. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMy father, he died years ago in a firefight with the cartel, so even though I'm just thirteen, I've already dropped out of school and work odd jobs around the city to help the family. Sometimes I wash cars at the roundabout, other times I sell food near the border. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day, my neighbor, Carlos, asks me to help him with something. I know Carlos is in a gang. I know he's part of the drug world. But he also helps protect the barrio. And my youngest sister, Isa, has type I diabetes, and she needs insulin every day, which is crazy expensive, so I do what needs to be done and help Carlos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfterwards, I try to forget about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Carlos comes back asking for more help, offering more money, and before I realize it, I'm part of his gang, doing things my father had given his life to stop. But I'm making more money in a day than my mom can make in a month at the maquiladora, and Isa has her insulin, so maybe it's for the best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept no one stays safe for long in this world. Not Carlos, not me, not my family. I thought I could make things better. They're so much worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chester Gattle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798760957238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.56d","brand":"Chester Gattle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852031570175,"sku":"9798760957238","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/isas-insulin-chester-gattle-9798760957238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}