Bribri American brothers, Max and Jay, have always depended on each other for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, they have learned that the only way to protect themselves, as well as their mother, is to keep their heads down and adhere to a strict schedule. But after intervening when a classmate gets into a fist fight, resulting in the school’s star soccer player being beat to a pulp by both brothers’ hands, they must grapple with the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought. In order to move forward, they will have to reach back to their Bribri roots.
- ISBN: 9780374389499
- Author: Ari Tison
- Published: March 2023, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Themes: abuse, brothers, bullying, Family, Indigenous culture, recovery, Siblings
- Descriptors: Fiction, Pura Belpré, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 304