Two El Paso, Texas teens, sensitive boy types who don't feel like they fit among the Male Mexican Man types they see around them, form a special friendship over the course of one year.
The Long Version:
Beautifully written story about what it means to be a young man. In the sea of girl YA books, I so love to stumble on a novel that portrays boys with substance and depth and honors the substance of their experience. Aristotle and Dante are so alike but also so different, which makes for a subtle ebb and flow of their relationship. The supporting characters, mostly their parents, are so interesting and realistic, you can see how these boys became who they are, in part, by who their parents are. Saenz's writing was gorgeous, both in its spare moments as well as the lyrical and funny ones.
If You Loved:
Will Grayson, Will Grayson, David Levithan and John Green
The Short, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
Where Things Come Back, John Corey Whaley
It's Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
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