He forgot to say goodbye - Benjamin Alire S�enz

The American Book Award-winning author of Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood delivers this tale of two boys--one a Mexican American, the other a rich WASP--whose friendship develops after both boys' fathers abandon their families.

On the surface, Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove couldn't live more different lives.

Ram is Mexican-American, lives in the poor section of town, and is doing his best to keep his mother sane while his brother fights off a drug-induced coma.

Jake is a WASP who drives a nice car, lives in a mansion, and has a mother who drinks a bit too much and a step-father who cheats on her.

But there is one point, one issue, where their lives are exactly the same; their fathers walked out on them when they were just young boys.

And at this convergence, Ram and Jake see how everything in their lives is just a little bit similar, because they both blame everything that goes wrong on the one thing they actually have in common.

A heartfelt novel from an award-winning author.