Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

I'm not crying, you're crying! (...I'm definitely crying)

This is a beautiful Bildungsroman, showing how discovering ourselves is every bit as difficult and mysterious as understanding those we love, and who love us. The language is so simple, yet captures the complexity of those relationships — to family, friends, ourselves. And without spoiling it, I'll just say that we need a lot more young-adult books like this one.