Always Running

By Luis J. Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez

Subjects: Mexican American youth, Jóvenes mexicano-americanos, Bandes de jeunes, Gangs, Biografía, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Reading Level-Grade 9, Biographies, Biography, Social Activists, California, biography, Juventud mexicano-americana, Personal Memoirs, Reading Level-Grade 11, Los angeles (calif.), biography, Reading Level-Grade 10, Mexican americans, Pandillas, Reading Level-Grade 12, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Literary Figures

Description: Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. is a 1993 autobiographical book by Mexican-American author Luis J. Rodriguez. In the story of the book, Rodriguez recounts his days as a member of a street gang in Los Angeles (specifically, East Los Angeles and the city's eastern suburbs).