The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Clarion Books 10/23/2018, paperback SKU: 9781328498021   A story set on the American border with Mexico, about family and friendship, life and death, and one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn't mean about who he is Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal's not who he thought he was, who is he? This humor-infused, warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging is a triumph. Target age: 14-17 Reviews: "What the world needs now is a book like this one. Profoundly important and moving. Read it."--Bill Konigsberg, Stonewall Award-winning author of Openly Straight and The Porcupine of Truth "As Sal tries to understand the way his fists seem to be acting on their own, as he sorts through memories and feelings about mo