Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Young adult
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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Two Mexican American boys, a pool, and the long work of saying what you feel. Tenderness without rushing the love into a lesson.
Ages 13+. Queer kids who want a slow book. Families ready for a love story that takes its time.
What does Ari know about himself before he has a word for it?
End of a sitting: the sentence they would have said, and why the character didn't.
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