Download or read book The Perez Legacy written by Judith Tanielian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perez Legacy: Redemption is a story of the powerful changes that can occur when people open their hearts to one another. Eduardo Rodriguez, a fourteen year old Mexican boy, is sent by his ailing grandfather to live in California with adult cousins who resent his intrusion on their already difficult lives. Ignored and lonely, Eduardo finds friendship and acceptance in a gang and is soon delivering drugs for them. Though he tries to ignore his conscience he cannot forget the values of his grandfather. Following a terrifying act of vandalism, the injured Eduardo finds himself the ward of a prominent local school psychologist, Philip Perez, a man who has learned to persevere in the face of his own personal tragedy. Eduardo struggles under the strict house rules of Dr. Perez. Will love win him over as he struggles to find redemption for his past behavior?