(Yes, he sees the irony.) But one day, when the door closes behind him, Héctor discovers he’s stumbled into a room that shouldn’t be possible. Most days, Héctor just wishes he could disappear. At Héctor’s new school, he couldn’t feel more alone. Back home, being gay didn’t mean feeling different. San Francisco and Orangevale may be in the same state, but for Héctor Muñoz, they might as well be a million miles apart. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Meg Medina, this debut middle grade novel from award-winning author Mark Oshiro is a hopeful and heartfelt coming-of-age story for anyone who’s ever felt like they didn’t fit in. Agent: DongWon Song, Howard Morhaim Literary. Through turns both lighthearted and deeply moving, Oshiro ( The Insiders) identifies how day-to-day choices (“Do I quickly make a decision before desks are occupied? Oh, absolutely not”) can have long-term effects in this novel of self-discovery that reminds readers: “The future is unwritten. For David, it’s the perfect way to fix his relationship with his best friend for Fea, it’s another step toward finishing her job as a “non-corporeal timeline guide.” As Fea and David endeavor to repair his timeline, it rapidly becomes apparent that fixing small mistakes is not what destiny has in store. The solution to his do-over desires shows up at his back door: a magical hairless hound, Fea, who communicates telepathically and can send him into the body of his past self. For David Bravo, a transracial adoptee of Latinx descent, the first week of middle school is riddled with mistakes and disappointments: he gets food poisoning from hot-lunch spinach, accidentally hurts his closest friend during cross-country, and is bullied about his adoption during a presentation on family heritage.
In California, an 11-year-old given the chance for a redo makes mistakes over-and over-again in a joyful novel with a pick-your-path vibe.
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