summary chapter 5

In this chapter the reader gets to know backgrounds about AJ life and his situation at home. hHe lifes in a dangerous neighborhood where and the MG´s and other gangs. The consume of drugs is normal in his neighborhood. His mother is dead and his father doesn´t really care about him and his two brothers. So AJ is like a father for his litte brother Anthony. His older brother is a bit stranger because of the drugs and AJ dosen´t really talk to him very much. After that to reader gets to know that AJ is on a party where he meets Erika. She wants to make him jealous because of the story with Ruthie.Therefore Erika kisses a guy from the MG-gang and when AJ sees this he goes to Trina and does the same, too.