Anisa Manriquez

Jesse Anisa Manriquez

Jesse is fourteen and starting a new life with her brothers out in the country. Her oldest brother, Leon, thinks that it will help the family break away from the gang violence that they fell into living in the city. But no matter how hard she thinks she is trying, Jesse seems to end up back in the thick of things, where she feels needed and comfortable. The loss of her parents at an early age left her with a void that this group seems to fill for her. But when tragedy finally hits too close to her heart, will she realize the true value of her family?