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When four Mexican-American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Maga�na's godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder. Convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Maga�na head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi's name--but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened in Diamond Park.

Flaco, Tiny, Maga�na, 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�na 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-- and discover how little they ever actually understood about what really happened in Diamond Park. -- adapted from jacket

Ages 14+.,Dutton Books.

Grades 10-12.,Dutton Books.