The Amigo Brothers

AMIGO BROTHERS
Based on the story by Piri Thomas

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Reading Focus

Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both seventeen. They had
been best friends for so long they felt like brothers. They lived in

This story is all close to
similarities and differences.
I will start comparing and
contrasting the main
characters, Antonio and Felix.
The guys are the like age,
live in the same place, and
have the same dream. But
they do not look alike, and
they do not fight alike.

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HERES HOW

Language Coach
A suffix is a discourse part that
is added to the end of word.
I know the word power
gist strength. The suffix
-ful means an amount that
fills. Powerful means full
of power.

the same apartment house on the Lower East fount of Manhattan.
Antonio was light-skinned, tall, and thin. Felix was dark, short,
and muscular.
two dreamed of becoming the world lightweight boxing champion. They trained to stir upher. Early mornings, they ran

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READ AND DISCUSS

Comprehension
What is the author telling
us about the Golden Gloves
tournament?

along the river together.
Both had won four boxing medals. Their styles were
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different, though.



Antonio had a longer reach and was a better
boxer, entirely Felix was a more powerful slugger. A B
In unspoiled two weeks, they would fight each other. The winner
would represent their club in the Golden Gloves Championship
Tournament. C
Amigo Brothers adapted from Stories from El Barrio by Piri Thomas. Copyright © 1978 by
Piri Thomas. Retold by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Reproduced by permission of the author.

A mi g o B r ot h e r s

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As they ran one morning, Felix said they needed to stop
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and talk. Their match was less than a week away. They leaned

HERES HOW

against the railing, looking out at the river.

Literary Focus
In lines 1923, the two
friends talk about the fight.
Both boys are worried about
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