![]() ![]() When the charge explodes prematurely and only injures Viking, Horowitz is condemned to solitary confinement, a fate he fears more than any other. In an attempt to retaliate on Mick's behalf, Horowitz creates a bomb by planting fertilizer in a radio that he places in Paco and Viking's cell. However, he also loses the respect of many of the inmates, who now want to see Paco put Mick away. ![]() Paco attempts to provoke Mick into a fight, but Mick avoids the confrontation, since he may qualify for early release if he stays out of trouble. The staff are fully aware of this potential danger, but no other reform school has a vacancy. Paco is arrested and winds up in the same dormitory at Rainford as Mick. Before returning to Rainford, Ramon takes Mick on a trip to a maximum security prison to show him where he could end up should he continue down the same path. Ramon rightfully believes that Mick will go J.C.'s house and soon picks him up there. Horowitz falls on barbed wire and is caught, at which point a counselor beats Horowitz up for calling him names and escaping. After learning of this, Mick is desperate to see J.C., so he and Horowitz escape the double perimeter fences during football practice by putting corrosive paste on some of the chain links to make them weak enough to kick open. In order to avenge his brother's death, Paco attacks and rapes Mick's girlfriend, J.C. His victory earns him the respect of the block and recognition as the new "barn boss." Tweety is released soon afterwards and is later shot and killed during a liquor store robbery. Mick, having anticipated their arrival, beats them up with a pillowcase full of unopened soda cans. ![]() Suspecting that Mick may have revealed Tweety's guilt to the authorities, Tweety and Viking go to Mick's cell to confront him. Mick puts up with them at first, but after he witnesses Tweety kill another inmate (who tried to stab Tweety in retaliation for raping him) by throwing him off the catwalk, he refuses to be intimidated by them. Their cell block is dominated by a pair of brawny sadists named "Viking" Lofgren and Warren "Tweety" Jerome, who take an immediate dislike to Mick. Mick's cellmate is Barry Horowitz, a small, wiry, brainy Jewish kid who firebombed a bowling alley after some boys there severely beat him for flirting with their girlfriends. One exception is Ramon Herrera, a former gang member who talks tough to the inmates, but holds out hope for some of them, especially Mick. Most of the wardens and counselors there seem to have lowered themselves to the role of zookeepers. ![]() Mick is sent to the Rainford Juvenile Correctional Facility. Mick's attempt to rip off his Puerto Rican rival, Paco Moreno, goes awry, leading to Mick's partner and best friend Carl being killed, and Mick accidentally running over and killing Paco's eight-year-old brother when he tries to escape police. Most of Mick's crimes involve snatching purses, vandalism, and fighting, but he aspires to bigger and meaner things. Mick O'Brien is a 16-year-old Irish-American hoodlum from Chicago. ( July 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]()
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