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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets The Sun is Also a Star in this YA contemporary love story from Jonny Garza Villa, Ander and Santi Were Here, about a nonbinary Mexican American teen falling for the shy new waiter at their family's taqueria.. Finding home. Falling in love. Fighting to belong.. The Santos Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, is all Ander Lopez has ever known. The smell of pan dulce. The mixture of Spanish and English filling the streets. And, especially their job at their family's taquería. It's the place that has inspired Ander as a muralist, and, as they get ready to leave for art school, it's all of these things that give them hesitancy. That give them the thought, are they ready to leave it all behind?.
About the Author
Jonny Garza Villa is a proud Texan, Chicane, Sagittarius sun, and breakfast taco aficionado. They were born and raised along the Gulf Coast and currently resides on unceded Jumanos and Tonkawa land. An avid reader and collector of gel pens since childhood, Jonny would say that becoming a published author is both a tremendous accomplishment and, more importantly, a fulfillment of destiny. They are an author of contemporary young adult fiction that maintains a personal brand of being proudly Latinx and the most chaotically queer.When not writing, Jonny enjoys reading, playing Dungeons and Dragons, bar hopping, late night honey butter chicken biscuits from Whataburger, and pretending they're either an Earth Bender or a Sun Warrior, depending on the day.
