Chile Makes Us Brave : Bolivar Books : 9780997750706 : 0997750707 : 30 Sep 2016 : Chispa Bolivar came of age in the Chihuahua neighborhood of Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, a place filled with passion, love, and violence. Growing up in his colonia in the 1980's and 90's, Chispa becomes a rooster fighter and a construction worker in order to help support his parents and propel himself to fame in the surrounding neighborhoods. In this collection of lively stories, Chispa paints a picture of his neighborhood and the people in it: fellow gang members, criminals, women trying to survive without husbands and parents, and children who fight and stand by each other in order to survive. With humor and the truth of life's tough realities, Chispa proves that even though his neighborhood is rough, the values of strength and resilience that he learns from his parents sustain him so that he can go to school, learn and become a young inventor. Throughout the memoir, Chispa's American dream lives in the b