For Mike Mu\u00f1oz, a young Chicano living in Washington State, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work\u2014and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew\u2014he knows that he\u2019s got to be the one to shake things up if he\u2019s ever going to change his life. But how?<\/p>\n
Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man on a journey to discover himself, a search to find the secret to achieving the American dream of happiness and prosperity. That\u2019s the birthright for all Americans, isn\u2019t it? If so, then what is Mike Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s problem? Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success, he can\u2019t seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike, and after a raucous, jarring, and challenging trip, he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it. And it\u2019s looking really good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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