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Ander & Santi Were Here

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Ander & Santi Were Here

Contributors:

By (Author) Jonny Garza Villa

ISBN:

9781250323392

Publisher:

Wednesday Books

Imprint:

Wednesday Books

Publication Date:

13th August 2024

UK Publication Date:

5th June 2024

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Young Adult

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+

Prizes:

Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Young Adult) 2024

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

368

Dimensions:

Width 137mm, Height 209mm, Spine 26mm

Weight:

322g

Description

A STONEWALL YOUNG ADULT HONOR BOOK 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 & 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 Martnez 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 taquera. 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 To keep Ander from becoming complacent during their gap year, their family "fires" them so they can transition from restaurant life to focusing on their murals and prepare for college. That is, until they meet Santiago Lpez Alvarado, the hot new waiter. Falling for each other becomes as natural as breathing. Through Santi's eyes, Ander starts to understand who they are and want to be as an artist, and Ander becomes Santi's first steps toward making Santos Vista and the United States feel like home. Until ICE agents come for Santi, and Ander realizes how fragile that sense of home is. How love can only hold on so long when the whole world is against them. And when, eventually, the world starts to win.

Author Bio

JONNY GARZA VILLA (they/them) is an author of contemporary young adult literature with characters and settings inspired by their own Tejane, Chicane, and queer identities. Whatever the storyline, Jonny ultimately hopes Latines, and, more specifically, queer Mexican American young people will feel seen in their writing. Their debut YA novel Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun was a Pura Belpr Honor Book and a Kirkus Best YA Fiction of 2021 selection. When not writing, Jonny enjoys reading, playing Dungeons and Dragons, visiting taqueras, listening to Selena, and caring for their many cacti children. They live in San Antonio.

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