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I am bookwrecked.
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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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.
If you are asking h ...more
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
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I'm not crying. You're crying.
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Tried to read June 2016 - gave up. (Had to return audio book to the library and could not get it back right away.)
Listened to the audiobook with Lin-Manuel narrating and it was perfect.
finished 1/29/14
Mar 26, 2014
Nicole
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
young-adult,
contemporary
