# 329 I Clench My Hands Into Fists and They Look Like
Someone Else’s- Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
Homero and Ximena are siblings. They are Mexican teenagers
stuck in New York City awaiting word from their parents. If there is a theme running through this collection, it is kids from a wealthy family
fleeing the violence of Mexico City. They worry about the fate of their
Grandfather and what the future holds for their family.
The whole story is written in dialogue, which makes it a
challenge to figure out the context and setting, but it’s a fun challenge, kind
of like a puzzle. The conversations run from normal brother-sister talk to the
shadow looming over their whole sketchy situation. Being uprooted from their
homes and separated from their parents, sometimes the best things to talk about
are the normal things.
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