{"product_id":"casi-alcanzar-todo-barely-missing-everything-hardcover","title":"Casi Alcanzar Todo (Barely Missing Everything) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Mendez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJuan Tovar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in Spanish \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There are moments when a story shakes you...\u003ci\u003eBarely Missing Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.\" --Jason Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLong Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Pe a, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuan 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFabi 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon 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...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike his characters, Matt Mendez grew up in central El Paso, Texas. He received an MFA from the University of Arizona and is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eTwitching Heart \u003c\/i\u003eand young adult novels \u003ci\u003eBarely Missing Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Broke Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. You can visit him at MattMendez.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47399578337458,"sku":"9781534461567","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/57540ce3d1523da83df57e206f0bce8f.webp?v=1778075251","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/casi-alcanzar-todo-barely-missing-everything-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}