Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

Come November

Frankly in Love

Don't Call Me Ishmael

All-American Muslim Girl

Indigo Donut

Kendra

Liccle Bit

Ambitious high school senior Efrain Rodriguez dreams of escaping the South Bronx for an Ivy League college like Harvard or Yale. But how is his family going to afford to pay for a prestigious university when Moms has to work insane hours to put food on the table as it is? And Efrain wouldnt dare ask that good-for-nothing father of his who has traded his family in for younger models. Left with few options, Efrain chooses to do something he never thought he would. He embarks on a double lifehonor student by day, drug peddler at nightconvinced that by temporarily capitulating to societys negative expectations of a boy like him, he can eventually defy them.Sofia Quintero makes a stunning debut writing for young adults with this gritty, complex, and real exploration of the life of an urban teen whose attempt to leave one world behind for a better one could cost him everything.From the Hardcover edition.

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