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Beating heart baby / Lio Min.

ISBN: 9781250819093
ISBN: 1250819091
Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, [2022]
Copyright: &copy;2022

Min, Lio, (author.).

Summary:

Santi has had his heart broken only one time, and it was all his fault. When he accidentally leaked his internet best friend Memo's song and it became an overnight hit, Memo disappeared. Three years later, Santi arrives in Los Angeles with a mission: get over the ghosts of Memo. Thankfully, his new school and its Sunshower marching band welcome him with open arms. All except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy Suwa. But when Santi realizes Suwa is trans and Suwa realizes Santi takes his identity in stride, both boys begin to let their guard down. Santi learns Suwa's surliness masks a painful history of his own, and as they open up to each other, their friendship quickly takes on the red-hot blush of a mutual crush. Just as Santi is feeling settled in this new life, he begins to put together the pieces of an impossible truth - that he knows both more and less of Suwa's story than he's been told. Their fragile fresh start threatens to rip apart at the seams when Suwa is offered the chance to step into the spotlight he's always denied himself. Now, Santi and Suwa must finally reckon with their dreams, their pasts, and their futures - together or apart.