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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe / Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Summary:

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1665925418
  • ISBN: 9781665925419
  • Physical Description: xv, 359 pages
  • Edition: Tenth anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2022]

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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 33.99
Subject: Families > Fiction.
Mexican Americans > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Homosexuality > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch YA Saenz 31681020192266 YADULT Checked out 08/15/2025

Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. He was the first Hispanic winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a recipient of the American Book Award for his books for adults. He is the author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, which was a Printz Honor Book, the Stonewall Award winner, the Pura Belpré Award winner, the Lambda Literary Award winner, and a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, and its sequel, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World. His first novel for teens, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, was an ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His second book for teens, He Forgot to Say Goodbye, won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, the Southwest Book Award, and was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. He lives in El Paso, Texas.


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