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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Ages: 14+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Clarion Books/HMH

ISBN: 978-0-544-58650-5

Keywords: Diversity, LGBTQ, Grief, Mexican Americans, Adoption, Cultural/racial identity, Child neglect

In his senior year, Salvador's grief is assuaged by the powerful love of friends and adoptive Mexican-American family.