Copyright © 2011 by Simone Elkeles
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data
Elkeles, Simone.
Chain reaction /Simone Elkeles. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Sequel to; Rules of attraction
Summary: When he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of
Fairfield after six
years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an
astronaut, falls for
a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family.
ISBN 978-0-8027-2087-0
1. Mexican Americans Juvenile fiction. [1. Mexican Americans Fiction.
2. Gangs—Fiction. 3. Family life—Fiction. 4. High schools—Fiction.
5. Schools—Fiction.] I Title.
PZ7.E42578Ch 2011 [FIC]—dc22 2011IHMJ57
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