Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

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Label

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Statement of responsibility

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Creator

• Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
• trueSaenz, Benjamin Alire

Contributor

• Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Firm)

Publisher

• Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Firm)

Subject

• Mexican American teenagers -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage boy/boy relations
• trueTeenage boys
• trueTexas
• Texas
• Texas -- El Paso
• Trust
• Trust -- Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works
• Anger
• Anger -- Juvenile fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Brothers
• Brothers -- Juvenile fiction
• Coming of age -- Fiction
• El Paso (Tex.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEl Paso, Texas
• Families
• trueFamilies
• Families -- Fiction
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• trueFifteen-year-old boys
• Friendship
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGay teenagers
• Gay teenagers
• Gay teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
• Homosexuality
• trueHomosexuality
• Homosexuality -- Fiction
• Homosexuality -- Juvenile fiction
• trueIdentity
• Identity (Psychology)
• Juvenile works
• trueLoners
• Loyalty
• Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction
• Mexican American families
• Mexican American families -- Texas -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMexican American teenage boys
• Mexican American teenagers
• Mexican Americans -- Fiction
• Prisoners -- Family relationships
• Prisoners -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction
• Self-perception
• Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works
• Fiction
• Bildungsromans

Language

eng

Summary

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 and the kind of people they want to be

Awards note

• Pura Belpré Narrative Winner, 2013.
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2012.
• Stonewall Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2013.
• Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult, 2013.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Ages 12 and up
• Young Adult
• 390

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.S1273

LC item number

Ar 2012

Literary form

novels

Reading level

• 2.9.
• 4.3.
• 2.9

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Reading Counts!
• Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

adolescent