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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
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A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
This Printz Honor Book is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship.
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 and the kind of people they want to be.
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
This Printz Honor Book is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship.
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 and the kind of people they want to be.
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Dante can swim. Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair-skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself.
Ari and Dante is a coming-of-age, young adult, LGBTQ+ novel, telling the story of two boys who form an unlikely friendship. It deals with themes of race and ethnicity, sexuality, and general teenage problems of understanding oneself. And it's also a good story:)
Ari and Dante is a coming-of-age, young adult, LGBTQ+ novel, telling the story of two boys who form an unlikely friendship. It deals with themes of race and ethnicity, sexuality, and general teenage problems of understanding oneself. And it's also a good story:)
Beautiful, insightful and nostalgic. This book made me laugh out loud, cry and think really in depth about the topics it covers. Sometimes all at the same time.
Iâm not usually into YA, and when I started this book, I thought itâd be just okay. Iâd heard so many good things about it that I was sure Iâd be disappointed. And I think the beginning was pretty good, but I was getting used to the characters and the style of writing. By the time I was near the end, however, I was in love with the characters and the way Ari speaks and thinks.
This book is really sweet, but not unrealistically. And it was more unpredictable and complex than I expected it to be. I finished it in two sittings very easily. Iâm not quite sure I was comfortable with the pacing at all times, but it wasnât really a problem. Itâs a quick read, and its characters really leave you wanting more (but I hear thereâs a sequel coming soon, so I suppose thatâs a good thing). I guess what Iâm saying is that Iâll be joining the chorus of people singing Sáenzâs praises.
UPDATE (Oct 2022): After talking about it with my friend, I realized I remembered literally nothing past the first or second chapter of this book. And I mean, huge plot points, and I usually have a pretty good memory. Considering it was so unmemorable, I felt like I had to take a star away.
This book is really sweet, but not unrealistically. And it was more unpredictable and complex than I expected it to be. I finished it in two sittings very easily. Iâm not quite sure I was comfortable with the pacing at all times, but it wasnât really a problem. Itâs a quick read, and its characters really leave you wanting more (but I hear thereâs a sequel coming soon, so I suppose thatâs a good thing). I guess what Iâm saying is that Iâll be joining the chorus of people singing Sáenzâs praises.
UPDATE (Oct 2022): After talking about it with my friend, I realized I remembered literally nothing past the first or second chapter of this book. And I mean, huge plot points, and I usually have a pretty good memory. Considering it was so unmemorable, I felt like I had to take a star away.
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