Book
Ander & Santi were here : a novel / Jonny Garza Villa.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250843999 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 355 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Wednesday Books, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | 014-018. |
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| Genre: | Queer fiction. Young adult fiction. Novels. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | YA Garza | 31681010322030 | YADULT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquerâia and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration police. - Baker & Taylor
When their parents hire Santiago Garcia, a hot new waiter, nonbinary teen Ander Lopez immediately falls in love, and through Santiâs eyes, understands everything they are and want to be as an artist, until the outside world creeps in, threatening everything. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. - McMillan Palgrave
A STONEWALL YOUNG ADULT HONOR BOOK
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander & Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their familyâs taqueria.
Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong.
The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander MartÃnez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family's taquerÃa. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it's all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?
To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family "fires" them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago López Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home.
Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win. - McMillan Palgrave
After Ander is âfiredâ from their family taqueria, they meet and connect instantly with Santi, the waiter who replaced them. Their friendship quickly turns to something more, and they fall for each other hard. But when ICE agents raid the taqueria, Ander and Santiâs community and budding relationship is put in danger.
