Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 Summary

In Chapter 9, Uncle Julio, Hector and Mando all climb out of the car in a daze because they are in shock. They are not hurt. The radiator hose is split and the tire is busted. The car that hit them has driven off. The driver's side is crushed, streaks of paint smear Julio's car and window glass is cracked. Hector had snapped photos from Julio's camera of Freddie and Huey. He believes he has close-up photos of them. Mr. Inouye steps out of the fog and asks if they are okay. Mr. Inouye assumes the car accident is because of the fog, but Hector and Mando say some guys had tried to run them off the road. Mr. Inouye helps Uncle Julio replace the radiator hose and change the tire as the boys wait inside the house. They talk...