Third and Indiana

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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 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

In 1997 a play adaptation aired in Philadelphia [1].

[edit] 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 - A South 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.