This book is called Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and it tells the story of two boys: Aristotle (Ari for short) and Dante. Originally, Ari didn’t have any friends and mostly kept to himself. But then he met Dante, who managed to draw him out of his shell. The main theme of this book is to not be ashamed of who you are.

While this is a good book, I’m not sure if this is really the best book for this unit. This book’s storyline consists of many small story arcs, and personally I feel like it’s a bit hard to find the main theme overall. Another thing is that I just couldn’t really connect with the characters sometimes. I don’t know if that’s because I’m thirteen and they’re 15-17, or maybe they just don’t “resonate” with me the way some other characters does. However, it’s still a really interesting book to read, and I still enjoyed reading it.