The Closest I've ComeA Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called \"a brilliant, subtle debut,\" and Kirkus hailed as \"heart wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not to be missed\" in a starred review! The Closest Ive Come is a must read from talented first time author Fred Aceves, in the tradition of Walter Dean Myers. Marcos Rivas

is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity

face danger

a terrible promise Sam made years ago is revealed—a promise that could destroy them all

and there is no question that Double Shot is her best book

intentional act that requires persistence and commitment

unrepentantly recounts her elaborate and sociopathically determined seduction of a 14-year-old student

A major historical biography of George C

Companies with more women in senior leadership perform better by virtually every financial measure

go to the most terrifying extremes—to save her family

the rates of alcohol abuse among women have skyrocketed in the past decade

That dilapidated house in the distance

made many of our country’s most fabled financial institutions vulnerable to significant new foreign control