User:Meubanks99/Draft of Brother in Arm

Plot summary
Martin Luna loses his brother Huero (Eric). Huero was killed in a drive-by shooting after trying to warn Martin and his friends to watch out. The car approaches them fast, and Huero is killed by a stray bullet. Huero's death makes Martin join his best friend Frankie's crew. Frankie and his crew give their word to find the people who killed Martin's little brother. Martin's mother knows that Martin will try to find the person who killed Huero.

Characters

 * Martin Luna is a young man that loses his little brother. This makes him join a gang and move with his mother to new place.


 * Martin's mother is sad that she loses her youngest son. She is trying to save her only son that she has left.


 * Frankie is Martins' best friend who looks out for him through his gang association.

Source Summary
Ben Alirez explains the how after writing an initial draft of the novel, it finally came to be published in 2004: "I received a telephone call from Paul Langan. ... He explained that TP [Townsend Press] had taken several elements of my story such as characters, dialogue, and the plot and integrated it into the existing Bluford Series that TP was noted for. The new book was to be renamed Brothers in Arms. He asked me to read a draft of the novel and volunteer any suggestions. Then, if I were agreeable, it would be published in 2004. You can only imagine my shock and surprise at the time."