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Alex Robbins Chapter Summary
Durango Street Reading Log for Chapters 15, 16, 17

Character: Alex Robbins

Alex Robbins is a social worker. His goal is to break up the gang “the moors”, but until chapter 17 he has no success.
Alex Robbins is one of the main characters in the book, because he affects the gang “the moors”. In chapter 17 he is at Rufus’ home, because “The Gassers” cut the pigtail of Rufus’ sister. When Rufus comes home Alex Robbins is talking to his mother, that he wants to talk with “the Gassers” about what happened. But when Rufus asks about what happened, Alex tries to tell him a lie. But Rufus is smart and knows that he is telling a lie. After Rufus knows what happened, he is very angry and Alex sais that he wants to solve this issue, but Rufus
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