Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Author
Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 15
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...
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A gay Latino's intimate journey through addiction, human desire and broken love"--
"A major Latino writer's intimate but healing journey through addiction, human desire and broken love. From "He Leaves a Message in the Middle of the Night" He loved beer and crack. He loved heroin, ecstasy, the sad music of the bars. He said he loved you too. You are thinking of the night you met him. Late October night, the breeze as soft as his black eyes. He was...
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Aristóteles es introvertido y tímido. Dante es transparente y expresivo. Por motivos que parecen escapar a toda razón, estos dos chicos de diecisiete años se encuentran y construyen una amistad entrañable que les permitirá redefinir el mundo del otro y aprender a creer en ellos mismos para descubrir los secretos del universo. El escritor multipremiado, Benjamín Alire Saenz, explora la lealtad y la confianza entre dos jóvenes que están aprendiendo...
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gabriela y su hermano Diego tienen una perrita nueva llamada Sofie pero los dos no la quieren compartir.
When Gabriela and her brother Little Diego get a puppy named Sofie, they fight over who she belongs to, but when Sofie gets very sick they find the answer.
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2005, 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.
Author
Series
Aristotle and Dante volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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...