"Friendships, family, grief, joy, rage, faith, doubt, poetry, and love—this complex and sensitive book has room for every aspect of growing up!"—Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor–Winning author of The Surrender Tree 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? This humour-infused, warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging is a triumph. AGES: 12 and up AUTHOR: Multi-award-winning novelist and poet Benjamin Alire Saenz is the author of several acclaimed books for teens, including the much-lauded Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. SELLING POINTS: • Highly-anticipated new title from beloved, award-winning author with multiple crossover audiences: Awards and honours for Saenz's work include a PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the American Book Award, a Michael L. Printz Honor, the Pura Belpre Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Stonewall Award, and being an LA Times Book Prize finalist • Incorporates a broad array of diversity • Timely and topical exploration of modern families