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Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove live very different lives but have much in common. Wealthy, white Joke lives on the "Oh-Wow West Side" of El Paso, and Mexican American Ram lives in the poor neighborhood, "Dizzy Land." Both boys wonder how different their lives might be if their dads had stuck around. Told from multiple perspectives and starting with a leisurely introspective pace, the story picks up after Ram's younger brother lands on life support...