Weigh in with your comments if you’ve read this one. 5 star scale, with 5 being the best.
Release date: March 2010
Genre: Realistic
Blurb:
Relocated to a boys’ home while plotting to kill his sister’s murderer, Pancho is unexpectedly assigned to be a companion to brain-cancer patient, D.Q., who regales Pancho with descriptions of the Death Warrior creed and the honorable example of the beautiful Marisol.
OYAN - Oregon Young Adult Network 
I give it a 3.5.
4/5
4 – I thought the characters were well done and that there was a good mix of heavier stuff and humor.