Melissa Kay Herrera

Tono Lives Melissa Kay Herrera

Death. Abuse. Violence. Crime. A headstrong boy's life collapses, propelling him into a maelstrom of violence, brujeria, and death in deep Mexico. A harrowing first-person account of physical loss, survival, and brutal abuse, TOÑO LIVES follows a boy through adolescence to teen, as he travels a trail of sorrow, heart-pounding adventure, and extreme peril. This is not a heart-warming tale. As you read how he comes of age in south Texas, crossing wild rivers and invisible borders, his grit to survive becomes apparent. Trains and drugs and a life of crime consume him, but he is only searching for one thing - a place to call home.