The Brothers Torres

Today I had to enlist a student to teach me some Spanish cuss words.

It was a good day at work. :)

The Brother’s Torres is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! This is about two brothers. The older brother, Steve, is the protector (this is why I always WANTED an older brother!!). Steve is a soccer superstar. Having one parent that is white and one that is Hispanic, both Steve and his brother have to work hard to fit in with the crowds that they choose at school. We can draw the inference that Steve is into some bad things, based on his secretive actions.

The younger brother, Francisco/Frankie, is just figuring out high school and relationships when he crosses paths with a guy who beats the shbeep*** out of him. Steve feels he must defend his baby brother; this sets up a theme that will recur throughout the novel. While Frankie constantly struggles with his brothers role in the family vs. his own, it takes a pretty upsetting event to reveal that they are brothers to the bone and blood is, indeed, thicker than water.

There are, of course, subplots involving parents and girls and best friends, all of them excellently written.

The cover alone, a tattoo of the title, should propel this book into the right hands.

***Facebook has a The Brothers Torres page complete with pictures of Borges, a "Brothers" YouTube book trailer, t-shirts, and more!!