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
Benjamin Saenz writes, "In the desert, we live in a desert of translation." That is exactly what he sets out to do, in this, his third book of poems—translate experience into words. He writes of histo
This suite of twelve dreams, emanating from the borderland between Mexico and the United States, traces humanity's addiction to violence and killing - from boys stepping on ants to men shooting anima
A major Latino writer’s intimate but healing journey through addiction, human desire and broken love.From "He Leaves a Message in the Middle of the Night"He loved beerand crack. He loved heroin, ecsta
In Perfect Light is the story of two strong-willed people who are forever altered by a single tragedy. After Andres Segovia's parents are killed in a car accident when he is still a young boy, his ol
This immensely moving novel confronts divisions of race, gender, and class, fusing together the stories of people who come to recognize one another from former lives they didn't know existed -- or th
It is 1969, America is at war, "Hollywood" is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small-town America, and Sammy and Juliana face a world of racism, war in Vietnam, and barrio violence. Sammy and Juliana in
Benjamin Alire Saenz's stories reveal how all borders?real, imagined, sexual, human, the line between dark and light, addict and straight?entangle those who live on either side. Take, for instance, th
"I mean, it's not as if I want a father. I have a father. It's just that I don't know who he is or where he is. But I have one." Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove don't appear to have much in common.
From award-winning poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz comes In Perfect Light, a haunting novel depicting the cruelties of cultural displacement and the resilience of those who are left in its aftermath.
A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire SAenz.Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of
On the surface, Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove couldn’t live more different lives. Ram is Mexican-American, lives in the poor section of town, and is doing his best to keep his mother sane while his
A “mesmerizing, poetic exploration of family, friendship, love and loss” from the acclaimed author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. (New York Times Book Review)
Multi-award winning author and poet Benjamin Alire Saenz's gorgeous teen novel, set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understa
The Espejo family of El Paso, Texas, is like so many others in America in 1967, trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating war they feel does not concern them. But when the eldest son, Gustavo, a c
Last Night I Sang to the Monster was chosen as one of the Top Ten YA Books of Fiction in 2010.Zach is eighteen, bright, and articulate. He's also an alcoholic, in rehab instead of high school, but he
