When We Ride: A Novel
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Diego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighborhood. Thatβs why she gave him her car.
Diegoβs best friend, Lawson, needs a rideβbecause Lawson is dealing. As long as Diegoβs not carrying, not selling, itβs cool. Itβs just weed.
But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardized, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made.
Award-winning memoirist and poet Rex Ogleβs searing first novel-in-verse is an unforgettable story of the power and price of loyalty.
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Rex Ogle is the author of Free Lunch, which won the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Abuela Donβt Forget Me, a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award; Punching Bag; and the novel. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
