About the Author

Reymundo Sanchez is the pseudonym of a former Latin King who no longer lives in Chicago. Sonia Rodriguez is the pseudonym of a former Latin Queen who no longer lives in Chicago.

Reviews

"A brutal, chilling firsthand account of how a young person who is raised without positive family values will reach out to a gang to find a support system and a substitute family." --Jesse White, Illinois Secretary of State and founder, the Jesse White Tumblers, an anti-gang and -drug program "A slow-motion riot of drugs, sex, and gunplay." -- Publishers Weekly on My Bloody Life "An oftentimes painful, close-up look at the blow-by-blow evolution of a female gang leader." --Gini Sikes, author, 8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the World of Girl Gangs