![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story of Ari and Dante's friendship widens and twists like a river, revealing truths about how hard love is, how family supports us, and how painfully deep you have to go to uncover an authentic self."-Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied Spare sentences connect resonant moments, and then he knocks you down with emotional truth. He lives in El Paso, Texas.īenjamin Alire Saenz is a writer with a sidewinder punch. His second book for teens, He Forgot to Say Goodbye, won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, the Southwest Book Award, and was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. His first novel for teens, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, was an ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, which was a Printz Honor Book, the Stonewall Award winner, the Pura Belpré Award winner, the Lambda Literary Award winner, and a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, and its sequel, Aristotle and Dante Dive i nto the Waters of the World. He was the first Hispanic winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a recipient of the American Book Award for his books for adults. About The Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. ![]()
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