- Third and Indiana
"Third and Indiana" is a novel written by
Steve Lopez . It is about the experiences of several people connected to 14 year old Gabriel Santoro, while living in the dangerous gang-controlled streets of the Badlands section ofPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania ,United States .In
1997 a play adaptation aired in Philadelphia [http://www.citypaper.net/articles/032097/article023.shtml] .Characters
* Gabriel Santoro - Gabriel, the protagonist, is a 14-year old boy who runs away from home and deals drugs on the street. Ultimately Gabriel is good at heart, and hopes to pull away from a life of drugs and violence.
* Ofelia Santoro - Ofelia, Gabriel's mother, frantically looks for Gabriel.
* Marisol - Gabriel's girlfriend, Marisol attends night school and works at a restaurant during the day.
* Eddie "Joe Pass" Passarelli - ASouth Philadelphia Italian American , 38-year old Eddie loses his girlfriend, leaves a crumbling marriage, and finds that he has to pay a mobster named Thin Jimmy $10,000 since the truck, driven by Eddie, had a fire and burnt.
* Diablo - Diablo, an ugly drug kingpin, keeps Gabriel and the other gang members of the "Black Caps" under his thumb.
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