A review by boithorn
Buried Onions by Gary Soto

4.0

A short, self-contained story about the difficulties of walking the straight and narrow. I think the book does "edgy" well, with the dialogue and narration of Eddie being truthful in a way that I think a lot of "shocking" YA sidesteps. Everything about Eddie's Fresno feels lived-in, and that makes the things that try to distract him from his hopes for an honest life so much more frustrating.