Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz
ISBN: 9781442408920
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books For Young Readers
Copyright Year: 2012
Themes:Hispanic teens, friendship, poetry, discovering sexuality, growing up
Awards: 2013 Pure Belpre Author Award, 2013 Printz Honor Book, 2013 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults,American Book Award Winner, Stonewall Book Award, Lambda Literary Foundation Award for LGBT Children’s/Young Adult (2013)
Thumbs Up or Down?: BigThumbs Up
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My Summary: This is a story of two boys Ari and Dante who become friends and eventually fall in love. this book explores their feelings, hopes, dreams and ambitions. A tragic accident tests the bonds of their friendship. The book deals with their family dynamics and all the emotions involved. Through their friendship and bond they discover their love for one another and the challenges involved coming out in Hispanic culture and family. Strong conflicts are presented among family, friends and society. the book comes highly acclaimed by reviewers.
My Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I felt that Saenz captured the feelings and the emotions of two boys who are coming of age. I have never read any of his books before but this definately makes me want to read more of his work. Being gay myself I found the two characters to have real emotions that I experienced when I was coming out. I thought the author encapsulated the feelings and emotions that any teen feels at this point in life. I really liked the inclusion of the poetry and verses throughout the book the really added a connection to the characters in the story. I feel like, often authors talk about things that characters are reading and writing but it is not often shared with us I was glad to see some of that in this book. I would definitely recommend this book to read! It's hard to summarize or even review without giving a lot away, but the book is well written and has very well developed characters.
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