Jesse Bereavement LGBTQ+ author of Maizy Chen's Last

author of Maizy Chen's Last Chance

You can be a King

as Bianca learns when she and her best friend

Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea

Jesse Bereavement LGBTQ+ author of Maizy Chen's LastIn this new edition of his first young adult novel, Gary Soto paints a moving portrait of seventeen year old Jesse, who has left his parents' home to live with his older brother. These Mexican American brothers hope junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor. Their struggles are humorous, true to life, and deeply affecting. Young adults will sympathize with the brothers as they come to terms with what is possible for