Eddie's Buried Onions

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This book takes place in Fresno California right after Eddie's cousin got shot. The main characters of this story are Eddie, Norma, José, Jesus, and Angel.
Buried Onions is about a young adult named Eddie, who was taking classes in air conditioning. Then all of a sudden his mi primo, cousin, Jesús got killed. Shortly after he quit. Then he started to spray house numbers on curbs. Later on he got word that his best friend and carnal, blood brother, Angel killed him. Next he goes to seek revenge on Angel. After that he goes to enlist in the navy, he takes a van along with a handful of other guys that had enlisted to a training camp. Down the road the van breaks down and not knowing how to fix it they sit there and wait. Eddie looks into the

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