A quick summary about "Summer On Wheels" by Gary Soto

his is a classic road trip story, told on a scale younger readers can embrace. Two best friends from east L. A. set out on a bike trip to Santa Monica (or a similar beach town in L. A.), stopping on the way to visit family. On arriving at their destination, they are taken to a site where a mural is being painted, in the tradition popular in the Mexican and Mexican-American communities. On returning home, they invite all of the family for a backyard barbecue, and they encourage everyone to contribute to a mural on the side wall of the garage.