Shut up! / Reynolds, Marilyn

When seventeen-year-old Mario and ten-year-old Eddie's mother is sent to Iraq with her National Guard unit, the boys move in with their aunt, whose boyfriend, Denton, sexually abuses Eddie, which may lead to the boys being split up in different foster homes while Mario tries to keep his brother safe.

When their mother is sent to fight in Iraq, Mario Barajas and his younger brother, Eddie, are sent to live with their aunt, but the situation becomes intolerable when Mario discovers that their aunt's boyfriend is abusing Eddie.