Iggy, protagonist of Jorge Aguirre's Call Me Iggy, has a less than glorious first day of high school. He embarrasses his popular older brother. A photograph of him turns into cringe worthy memes that spread like wildfire. And he comes home to clueless parents.
His life is about to get more complicated. His Columbian abuelito's ashes are stored in the basement. Spilling them unleashes his grandfather's ghost who goes everywhere with him, sharing very poor advice on romance and unfiltered opinions on everything.
The story is set in 2016 and the election is embedded in the narrative. Brother Billy admires Trump for being rich. His father admonishes Iggy not to ruin "a perfectly nice day" by talking about politics. But for Marisol, a friend Iggy has become quite close to the effects of electing Trump could be nothing less than catastrophic.
On a purrrsonal note, the inter library loan shut down has been going on for almost three months now. Not even the librarians know when it will end. I have a huge and growing list of books I need to send away for, books you deserve to know about.
A great big shout out goes out to you with best wishes for great end of summer reading.
Jules Hathaway
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