Matt Méndez
Author
Series
Barely missing everything volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Juan has plans. He's going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself-or at least find something better than his mom Fabi's cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He's going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quinten Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven...
Author
Series
Barely missing everything volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Mexican American teens, JD and Danny, still reeling from the gutting death of their best friend by police gunfire, grapple with life-changing decisions and the kind of people they want to be, for Juan.
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