Description
Young Gualinto comes of age in a world where Mexicans are treated as second-class citizens. Teachers can beat and mistreat them with impunity, and most of his Mexican-American friends drop out of school at a young age. But the Gomez family insists that he continue his education, which they know he will need in order to do great things for his people. And so his school years create a terrible conflict within him: Gualinto alternately hates and admires the Gringo, loves and despises the Mexican.