Barely Missing Everything (Paperback)

In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you--your life, brown lives--don't matter.

Juan has plans. He's going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself--or at least find something better than his mom Fabi's cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen.

His best friend JD has plans, too. He's going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quinten Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He's got a camera and he's got passion--what else could he need?

Fabi doesn't have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don't always pan out, and that there some things you just can't plan for...

Like Juan's run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead.

Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise--like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can't plan for...

Target age group 14-17
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    • Weight
      0.6 lbs
    • ISBN-13
      9781534404465
    • ISBN-10
      1534404465
    • Item #
      63411
  • Category
    Young Adult Fiction
  • Age Group
    15 and UP
  • Grade Level
    9+
  • Language
    English
  • Binding
    Paperback
  • Theme 1
    Action & Adventure
  • Theme 2
    Social, Personal & Family Topics
  • Detailed (BISAC) Subject/Theme
    United States - Hispanic & Latino
  • Author
    Mendez, Matt
  • Lexile Level
    800 HL
  • AR Level
    5.3
  • Dewey
    Fiction
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Publication Date
    3/5/2019
  • Pages
    320
  • Dimensions
    0.9 H x 8.2 L x 5.4 W
  • Case Qty
    35

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