American Road Trip

American Road Trip A raw honest YA about two Mexican American teens on a road trip odyssey to heal their brother s PTSD following his tour in Iraq With a strong loving family an incredibly loyal best friend and a bu

A raw, honest YA about two Mexican American teens on a road trip odyssey to heal their brother s PTSD following his tour in Iraq.With a strong, loving family, an incredibly loyal best friend, and a budding romance with the girl of his dreams, life shows promise for seventeen year old Teodoro T Avila But he takes some hard hits the summer before his senior year when hisA raw, honest YA about two Mexican American teens on a road trip odyssey to heal their brother s PTSD following his tour in Iraq.With a strong, loving family, an incredibly loyal best friend, and a budding romance with the girl of his dreams, life shows promise for seventeen year old Teodoro T Avila But he takes some hard hits the summer before his senior year when his nearly perfect brother Manny returns from a tour in Iraq with a devastating case of PTSD In a desperate effort to save Manny from himself and pull their family back together, T s fiery sister Xochitl hoodwinks her brothers into a road trip with many stops along the road to visit loved ones from their past Told in T s raw voice, this is a candid exploration of mental illness, socio economic pressures, and the many inescapable anxieties that come with growing up, including falling in love For fans of Mexican Whiteboy by Matt De la Pena, the New York Times bestseller I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L Sanchez and Elizabeth Acevedo s The Poet X.