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Aristotle lives with his mom Liliana, and his dad Santiago, but he goes by Jaime. He has two older sisters, who are twins, and one older brother who no one in the family talks about, because he is in prison. His parents never even say his brothers name. Since his sisters no longer live at home and his brother is in prison, he feels lonely.

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Dante lives with his mom Soledad, but she goes Chloe, and his dad Sam. He is an only child, but has always wanted a brother. He is an animal-lover, and he does not like to wear shoes. He also likes to draw and swim.

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Aristotle's mom- Liliana is a school teacher and loves her job. She has a good relationship with Aristotle, and she likes Dante.
Aristotle's dad- Jaime is a mailman, but before he was in the military. The war changed him, and he is very quiet. He does not have a great relationship with Aristotle at first, because they never really talk. Though throughout the book their relationship progressively gets better.
Dante's mom- Soledad is a therapist. Her and Dante have a great relationship, and she loves Aristotle like a son.
Dante's dad- Sam is an English professor and he has a great relationship with Dante as well as Aristotle. He is very caring and not very strict.

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Aristotle and Dante meet for the first time at the pool. Aristotle does not know how to swim, so Dante offers to teach Aristotle how to swim.

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One day Aristotle and Dante are hanging out and Dante sees a bird in the middle of the road. The bird hurt his wing and was trying to fly, but he couldn't. So Dante went out into the street to try and help the bird. He did not see a car coming, and was almost hit until Aristotle pushed Dante out of the way and took the hit for him.

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Aristotle had broken one of his arms and both of his legs. Dante had broken his arm and had bruises and cuts all over his face. Dante went to visit Aristotle in the hospital whenever he could.

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A little after the accident Dante and his parents leave to go to Chicago for a year, because his dad was offered a teaching job.

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While Dante is in Chicago he rights letters very frequently, about his life there, and sends them to Aristotle. Aristotle rarely writes back to Dante, but Dante does not mind. Neither of them know if they will still be friends when Dante returns.

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While Dante is away, Aristotle slowly recovers. For his 16th Birthday, his parents bought him a "1957 Chevy Pickup. Cherry red with chrome fenders, chrome hubcaps, and whitewall tires." In the book, Aristotle called this a "very Mexican truck."  A couple of weeks later he got his leg casts off, and he started exercising to regain his strength. Once his dad knew Aristotle was okay to drive, he taught him how to drive.

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When Dante returned their friendship continued just as they had left it. Aristotle took him out on his new truck and they drove to the desert to look at the stars.

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Aristotle's Aunt Ophelia died, so his father and him went to Tucson for her funeral, the rest of the family was already there. His mom, dad, sisters, and himself were the only family members that showed up at the funeral. The rest of the people were close friends of hers. When Aristotle was younger he spent 9 months living with his aunt, during the time of his brothers trial, because his parents knew he loved his brother and they did not want him to know what was happening. He did not remember much about his aunt, except for the fact that she was very kind and loving. Aristotle asked his mom why they were the only family members that showed, and his mom told him that she was gay and the rest of the family did not accept her. He also later found out that his aunt left him her house, and it was very large.

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Dante is beaten really badly by a group of boys, because he was caught kissing a boy in an alley. The boy ends up running away, but Dante does not. He ends up in the hospital with cracked ribs and a face so beaten up that he is unrecognizable. Aristotle visits Dante everyday in the hospital until he is released.

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Aristotle was so angry that those guys beat up Dante, so he went out to find who had hurt Dante. Once he found one of the guys he beat him up until he was pulled off of the guy by one of his dads friends. When he got home his parents were upset,, because his fathers friend told him about the fight. When he told his parents he did it for Dante they became less angry, and then finally opened up about his brother. His brother, Bernardo, had beaten someone to death with his bare hands and that is why his parents were angry. Aristotle's mom gave him a manila envelope labeled Bernardo. It was filled with pictures of his brother and this made Aristotle happy. His dad also began to tell him stories about his brother, and they began putting pictures of Bernardo out again.

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Dante is in love with Aristotle and Aristotle knows that, but says that he does not feel the same way. Though he becomes jealous when Dante starts talking to the boy he was kissing in the alley. Aristotle feels as though that guy should have stayed with Dante, and that he was a wimp for fleeing. Later, his parents tell him that they know he is in love with Dante, and that they accept and they just want him to be happy. Dante's parents are very supportive as well when they find out that he is gay. At first, Aristotle feels ashamed to be in love with Dante, because it is unusual. But in the end of the book Aristotle takes Dante to the desert, they share a kiss, and Aristotle regrets ever being ashamed of loving Dante.