by Luis J. Rodriguez (Author)
The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author.
Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a
New YorkAuthor Biography
The son of Mexican immigrants, Luis J. Rodriguez began writing in his early teens and has won national recognition as a poet, journalist, fiction writer, children's book writer, and critic. Currently working as a peacemaker among gangs, Rodriguez helped create Tia Chucha's Café & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. He is the recipient of the 2021 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Visit him at LuisJRodriguez.com.
Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: October 04, 2005
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 13
