Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 Summary

In Chapter 11, Julio, Hector and Mando leave Paul Kanzaki's studio. They go home. Dr. Femur, the chiropractor who lives in the main house and is Julio's landlord, rakes leaves in the front yard. Dr. Femur asks what has happened to the car and Julio says there has been a little accident and no one is hurt. Julio introduces Dr. Femur to the boys and the doctor says he has seen them before. Hector and Mando say they are featured in Today's Youth column. He says yes and tells the boys to stay out of trouble. Hector remembers the last time he had been in this much trouble; he had started his mother's car and locked himself out. The mother had come home, discovered the car idling and cried because she thought Hector was turning into a bad kid.

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