![]() ![]() ![]() In dialogue-rich prose, Sáenz explores Sal’s internal struggles with his churning emotions during a year of life-changing events: “all of a sudden I felt like I was living my life in a relay race and there was no one else to hand the baton to.” Journallike chapters of varying lengths are prefaced with spare titles-“WFTD = Comfort” “Me. He starts to wonder if he’s inherited violent tendencies from his biological father, whom he never knew. Sal tries to maintain a calm, controlled life, but when a student hurls the word “faggot” at him, he responds quickly with his fists. His closest friends are Sam, an extroverted girl with a drama-filled life, and Fito, a gay boy who for all intents and purposes is homeless. Three college-bound Latino teens navigate their ways through senior year in El Paso.īorn to white parents, Salvador was adopted at the age of 3 by a gay, Mexican-American man and embraced by his extended family. ![]()
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