My Bloody Life Chp 1-4

I started reading this interesting book, and I'm barley starting chapter four. This book already has a lot of things going on. The main character was born in Puerto Rico his name was Reymundo Sanchez, his mom was only sixteen when he married an incredibly old man, the age of seventy four. He died when Reymundo was barley 5 years old, so he didn't have memories he can remember with him. They moved to the Windy City known as Chicago, Reymundo, his sister, and his mom lived on the Southside of Chicago. During the time they moved in Reymundo's mom started seeing a guy named Emilio when the time passed Emilio got the mom pregnant and after he found out she was pregnant he soon vanished and never returned to the home, he said he had problems with the law so he disappeared. After that she found another guy who's name was Pedro who had good amounts of money, he then took Reymundo's mom, Reymundo himself, and his sister to live in the Northside of Chicago close to Humboldt Park. I have a prediction that Reymundo is soon going to join the  Latin Disciples with his three friends Noel, Jorge, and Julio.

My Bloody Life (Haven't started yet)

My Bloody Life: By Reymundo Sanchez

This book i've read part of it and it really interested me because this can be the life of any teenage kid who's involved in a gang. Many people don't understand why people or kids join gangs but sometimes you may have to do it. The most I read up to was that he was a baseball player and he turned away from both baseball and school to escape the childhood abuse he was receiving. He started doing drugs and alcohol and soon turned into gang violence. This story is also based in Chicago. Here's the link for more info about this book. http://www.amazon.com/My-Bloody-Life-Making-Illinois/dp/1556524277/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296832281&sr=8-1

This reminds me of all the gangs there is in Chicago, because if you think of it this could be an everyday life story of a young child between the ages of 8-21. I personally would never join a gang I think its dumb because you'll just end up in one of 3 places, in a coffin, hospital or in jail, but sometimes to join a gang for people is not an option it may be there priority to join a gang.