The King of Bread by Luis Alberto Urea

The King of Bread by Luis Alberto Urea comes from the anthology Small Odysseys Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories. The story is about a boy whose family has been dealt a tough hand and he's doing his best to understand how these things have happened while also dealing with school and crushes on girls. Author says that it was inspired by his own boyhood, his own dad who worked driving a bakery truck.