One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this
moving middle-grade novel, for fans of Ghost and See You in the
Cosmos.
Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature
mustache. When you look like this and you're only in the eighth grade,
you're both a threat and a target.
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mom
decides it's time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his
younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don't
remember or have never met. But Marcus can't focus knowing that his
father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the
island.
So begins Marcus's incredible journey, a series of misadventures that
take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus
doesn't know if he'll ever find his father, but what he ultimately
discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along
the way.