
"The King of Bread" by Luis Alberto Urrea
LeVar Burton Reads
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Driving a Bakery Truck
He had lost his job at the tuna cannery, and he was going to try for a job at the bowling alley in Chula Vista. His problem was that he couldn't survive without something to drive. So one day he came home with a two-tone, 61 Chevy panel truck,. black fenders, creamy body paint, and the bakery's logo on the sides. They also gave him a uniform and a snappy, bread dude cap. He wore like some bomber pilot in those old movies, a whole tip down over his right eye.
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