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Beating heart baby / Lio Min.

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Flatiron Books, 2022.

Musicians -- Fiction.

Sexual orientation -- Fiction.

Transgender people -- Fiction.

Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.

Asian Americans -- Fiction.

High school students -- Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

9781250819093 (hc.)

340 p. ; 22 cm.

Santi has had his heart broken only one time, and it was all his fault. When he accidentally leaked his internet 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 ghost of Memo. Thankfully, his new school and its Sunflower 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 guards down. Santi learns Suwa's surliness masks a painful history of his own, and as they open up to each other, their friendshipquickly 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 thretens to rip apart at the seems 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.

Ages 14-18. Flatiron Books.

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