Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 580L
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
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ninety-two-year-old Octavio Rivera has been visited by some very interesting dreams--dreams about pi~natas that spill their treasures before him revealing kissing turtles, winged pigs, hitchhiking armadillos and many more fantastic things.
Author
Publisher
HarperTempest
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
As a Chicano boy living in the unglamorous town of Hollywood, New Mexico, and a member of the graduating class of 1969, Sammy Santos faces the challenges of "gringo" racism, unpopular dress codes, the Vietnam War, barrio violence, and poverty.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 450L
Language
English
Description
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal's not who he thought he was, who is he?
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award, this novel sensitively captures a teen's recovery from alcohol abuse and depression.
Zach is pretty sure that when he was born, God wrote Sad on his heart. Now, at eighteen, he finds himself with a drinking problem and walking the halls of rehab instead of high school. The thing is, he doesn't remember exactly how he checked in.
Instead of a dog, Zach has a therapist. He'd rather have
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 380L
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...