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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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Start date
January 1, 2015
Finish date
January 3, 2015
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Karen
Why we're reading this
A positive addition to the genre about non-mainstream characters.

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Sarah
Dec 27, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: best-books-ever, fiction, american-fiction, young-adult-fiction, latinx
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Nicole Adrienne
Jul 21, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audiobooks, young-adult, fiction, lgbtq, read-in-2015
I am bookwrecked.
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Kerry
Jan 24, 2020 rated it really liked it
What a terrific listen as an audiobook! Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda narrating and the excellent writing of Benjamin Alire Sáenz it makes for a great audiobook experience. The dialogue lends itself to be heard in a way that really enriches the listener's experience of this story.

Ari and Dante have a chance encounter at the swimming pool which then weaves their lives together in their own coming into who they are. It's honest, harsh, heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one.
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Rachel
Jun 16, 2020 rated it it was amazing
This book is set in my hometown, El Paso, however that is not the only reason I enjoyed it. Ari is a teenage boy who pushes many people away. His brother is in prison and his parents never talk about him. He meets Dante, a sweet kid who loves his parents. This is shocking to Ari, as he doesn’t share his feelings for others and finds it odd that a fellow teenager would so readily admit to loving his parents. The two develop a friendship and the audience follows them through that friendship throug ...more
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Kate
Feb 17, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-riot-2017
I'm not crying. You're crying. ...more
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Stephanie
May 25, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2016
Tried to read June 2016 - gave up. (Had to return audio book to the library and could not get it back right away.)
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Eunice
Nov 16, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Listened to the audiobook with Lin-Manuel narrating and it was perfect.
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taeli
Jan 05, 2014 rated it really liked it
finished 1/29/14
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Mar 26, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jan 24, 2015 rated it really liked it
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Anna Ellis
Jan 07, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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May 19, 2017 marked it as tbr-novel
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