A Shadow Like a Leopard

Ramon Santiago a fourteen-year-old street kid and poet records his thoughts in a notebook. He is skilled with words and skilled with his knife when needed. Alone he wants to join a street gang to be macho but to prove himself he must rob an elderly artist down on his luck Arnold Glasser. Glasser as desperate as Ramon is unafraid of Ramon's knife. <P><P>From their mutual pain an unorthodox friendship grows between them. But the gang is just a step behind Ramon demanding loyalty above all else.<P><P> Grit suspense warmth and wry humor.-<I>Kirkus Reviews