Book description
Everlasting
is the chronicle of two equally fascinating Latino teenagers,
seventeen-year-old Juan Alonso and sixteen-year-old Nina Sagastume, who
fall in love despite unrelenting odds.
Juan is a political, outspoken romantic who believes education and
determination is the key to a better life. His brother Rico is the
leader of the notorious Bronx street gang, The New York Assassins.
Juan can't seem to escape the hold of his community until he meets
Nina. Nina is a striking, straight-laced dreamer who's never even been
kissed. She quickly becomes Juan's salvation. In return, Juan allures
her with his charm and inspiring intelligence. Nina finds herself
doing something that she's never done...falling in love. It isn't
until Juan rules her heart that Nina finds out he's affiliated with
the New York Assassins, the rival gang of the Bronx Gangstas, an
equally powerful street gang led by her cousin Tajo. Tajo and Rico
refuse to let Nina and Juan run off into the sunset. Tajo and Rico
will do anything to keep the war between the gangs solid and anything
within their power to keep Juan and Nina apart.
Things become even more complicated for Juan and Nina when Chino, a
jealous Bronx Gangsta admirer determined to be with Nina, enters the
picture. Despite the intervention of their families, friends and utter
violence of the gangs' retribution, Juan and Nina learn the hard way
that true love is definitely worth fighting for.
