Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Language
English
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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
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Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must learn what it means to stay in love-and to build their relationship in a world that doesn't seem to want them to exist. In their senior year at two different schools, the boys find ways to spend...
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English
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"Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal's not who he thought he was, who is he? "--
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Ninety-two-year-old Octavio Rivera has been visited by some very interesting dreams--dreams about piñatas that spill their treasures before him revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos and many more fantastic things.
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
In California, a Mexican woman marries well into Anglo society, claiming to be Italian. But she is tormented by guilt because her brother, who did not reject his heritage, is toiling as a cook in Texas. She finally owns up, which prompts her husband to reveal some secrets of his own.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Two teenaged boys with very different lives find that they share a common bond--fathers they have never met who left when they were small boys--and in spite of their differences, they become close when they each need someone who understands.
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Seguinte, o selo jovem da Companhia das Letras
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Em um verão tedioso, os jovens Aristóteles e Dante são unidos pelo acaso e, embora sejam completamente diferentes um do outro, iniciam uma amizade especial, do tipo que muda a vida das pessoas e dura para sempre. E é através dessa amizade que Ari e Dante vão descobrir mais sobre si mesmos - e sobre o tipo de pessoa que querem ser. Dante sabe nadar. Ari não. Dante é articulado e confiante. Ari tem dificuldade com as palavras e duvida de si...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
En Aristóteles y Dante Descubren los Secretos del Universo conocieron el amor. Ahora, deben descubrir cómo cuidarlo y construir una relación en un mundo que parece desafiar su existencia. Ari ha pasado toda la preparatoria escondiendo su verdadero yo, manteniéndose callado e invisible. Pensaba que su último año sería igual, pero algo en él cambió cuando se enamoró de Dante. Ahora hace cosas que jamás pensó: tiene nuevos amigos, confronta...
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty.