More Happy Than Not

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When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto-miracle cure-alls don't tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. Aaron can't forget how he's grown up poor, how his friends all seem to shrug him off, and how his father committed suicide in their one bedroom apartment. He has the support of his patient girlfriend, if not necessarily his distant brother and overworked mother, but it's not enough. Then Thomas shows up. He doesn't mind Aaron's obsession over the Scorpius Hawthorne books and has a sweet movie set-up on his roof. There are nicknames. Aaron's not only able to be himself, but happiness feels easy with Thomas. The love Aaron discovers may cost him what's left of his life, but since Aaron can't suddenly stop being gay Leteo may be the only way out.

subjects: Dating (Social customs),  Memory,  Gays,  Youths' writings,  Fiction,  Single-parent families,  Coming out (Sexual orientation),  Children's fiction,  Dating (social customs), fiction,  Homosexuality, fiction,  Single-parent families, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic,  JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance,  New York Times reviewed,  Juvenile fiction,  Gay teenagers,  Children of suicide victims,  Puerto Rican youth,  Urban poor,  Bullying,  Fantasy & Magic,  Love & Romance,  Gay men,  collectionID:TexChallenge2021,  collectionID:KellerChallenge,  collectionID:EanesChallenge,  collectionID:bannedbooks

Places: New York (N.Y.),  Bronx (New York, N.Y.)