Books like American road trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
Teodoro Avila looks forward to his senior year: a strong family, a faithful best friend, and the budding romance with the girl of his dreams. The summer takes an unexpected turn when his brother Manny comes home from a tour in Iraq, suffering from severe PTSD. As Teodoro navigates the challenges of caring for Manny, maintaining family unity, and pursuing his own aspirations, the story follows the emotional toll of warfare, the resilience of kinship, and the teenage search for identity against a backdrop of automobile travel across Mexico and the United States.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Patrick Flores-Scott
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