Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Description

Now a major motion picture starring Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, and Eva Longoria!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Published: 02/21/2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9781442408920
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 1.40″ H x 8.30″ L x 5.60″ W

Award: 2013 Pura Belpre Award Winner – Author
Award: 2013 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book – Young Adult
Award: 2013 Stonewall Book Award Winner – Children/Young Adult
Award: 2013 Tayshas Reading Commended – Young Adult
Award: 2013 Lambda Literary Awards Winner – Children/Young Adult
Award: 2013 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature Commended – Children/Young Adult
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee – High School
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominee – High School
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee – Grades 9-12
Award: Florida Teens Read Finalist – Grades 9-12
Award: 2015 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee – High School
Award: 2015 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Nominee – Young Adult
Award: 2016 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee – High School

About the Author
Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an author of poetry and prose for adults and teens. He was the first Hispanic winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a recipient of the American Book Award for his books for adults. 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 into the Waters of the World. 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. 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. He lives in El Paso, Texas.