Only Pieces (West 44 YA Verse)

About this book

Edgar wants nothing more than to live his life out loud. But telling the truth about his sexuality isnt so easy in his traditional Mexican-American family and his Am has made it clear she wont accept who he is. Things get even harder when Edgars macho father returns home after months away and the house erupts into fighting and simmering tension. Edgar worries what would happen if he told his father the truth about who he is and feels hell never fit in anywhere. Then Edgar runs into Alex a popular football player at school. With Alex Edgar feels happy and free believing he might finally pick up all the broken pieces of his heart. But falling in love is more complicated than Edgar can ever imagine--and coming out might destroy the only life hes ever known.