Becoming Beatriz
Tami Charles
Set in Newark, New Jersey, during the 1980s, this novel centers on fifteen-year-old Beatriz after her brother, the leader of the Diablos gang, is murdered. His death brings earlier trauma back to the surface and leaves her confronting the gang life surrounding her family. Beatriz has long wanted to become a professional dancer, and the story asks whether she can move away from the gang and return to dancing, the pursuit that matters most to her.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
