Marcus vega doesn't speak spanish - pablo cartaya

One boys 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 youre only in the eighth grade, youre both a threat and a target.

After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcuss mom decides its time for a change of environment.

She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they dont remember or have never met.

But Marcus cant focus knowing that his father--who walked out of their lives ten years ago--is somewhere on the island.

So begins Marcuss incredible journey, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake.

Marcus doesnt know if hell ever find his father, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life.

And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way.