![]() ![]() When Genevieve goes to an art retreat for a few weeks, Aaron feels lost-until he connects with Thomas, a peer who lives in another project and whom Aaron met at a recent community event. He adores his girlfriend, Genevieve, who is an artist like Aaron. ![]() Aaron himself bears the scar of a recent suicide attempt, but he is determined to make a fresh start and move forward. Aaron shares a one-bedroom apartment with his mother and brother his father recently committed suicide. The story unfolds in a fictionalized near future in which the Leteo Institute has pioneered a procedure that allows people to forget painful memories. The novel follows Aaron Soto, a 16-year-old boy who lives in a housing project in the Bronx, New York. It was also honored by the Indies Choice Book Awards and was a finalist for Lambda Literary Award. The novel made the New York Times best-seller list and was selected for several awards: CCBC Choices, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Junior Library Guild Selections, and the We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists. ![]()
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