When a book starts out with "The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea," you know you're in for a rough ride. The heartbreaking and beautiful Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is rough, soft, draining, and uplifting in a way that is hoped for but unexpected. Published in 2012 by American poet and author, Benjamin Alire Sáenz , Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a novel marketed to the young adult audience and explores a several year friendship between two Mexican-American young men, Aristotle (Ari) and Dante, who could not be anymore different. However, they are strangely drawn to one another and become fast friends. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is more than just a story about friends though; it is about discovering the secrets of the universe, which, in the end, is discovering who you truly are. Ari is a quiet, unsure teen, who is st...
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