This week's book pick is The Brothers Torres by Coert Voorhees.
Frankie has always been in the shadow of his older brother Steve. Steve's a senior who everybody likes, the best player on the soccer team, and has scouts coming to his games, looking to offer him scholarships. Frankie, lucky guy that he is, can look forward to working in his parents' restaurant for the rest of his high school life. There is one aspect of his brother's popularity that Frankie's not sure he likes - that of Steve's current campaign to get an in with the cholos, the would-be gangsters of their small town. But when Frankie gets into a fight of his own and the cholos (and his brother) start to treat him as someone who might matter, will Frankie be able to do the right thing when it really counts?