Matt Mendez

• Nov-2012
• / General Fiction
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This is exactly how a winning debut should read-fluid and raw, redemptive and inevitable. Underneath the humor runs a gifted storyteller's nuanced take on the paradox of the outsider. A triumphant first swing from one of the new stars in the next gen...

• Mar-2019
• / General Fiction
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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 ...

• Oct-2023
• / General Fiction
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In this “moving and heartbreaking” (BCCB) follow up to Barely Missing Everything, JD and Danny, still reeling from the gutting death of their best friend by police gunfire, grapple with life-changing decisions and the kind of people they want to ...

• / General Fiction
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Now available in Spanish! “There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —...