The Inexplicable Logic Of My Life

"The Inexplicable Logic of My Life has the word count of a book with worlds to build, but rather than using its pages to explore the confines of an imaginary land, it delves deeply into the complex inner world of one teenage boy. Sal begins his senior year with an unfamiliar fire burning inside him. He has always been a good kid, but suddenly, every cut and insult sends him into a violent rage. Benjamin Alire Sáenz tackles issues of race, queerness, feminism and poverty with a deft and gentle hand as he offers us a window into a brutal and beautiful year in Sal’s life."