Aristotle And Dantes Inferno

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Aristotle and Dante discover the secret of growing up, from expectations to beginning to learn to write their own stories. In the book Ari and Dante learn that growing up is hard but everyone must go through it. Everyone has exceptions they are expected to complete whether it's from your family, friends, coaches, or your own personal expectations. Aristotle is expected to make friends, get out of the house more, he wants himself to finally figure out who is brother was before jail, and he wants to get to know his father who is a closed book also. Dante just wants to find out who he is for the sake of himself his family and Ari. Dante and Ari learn about what kind of people they want to grow up to be. Expectations are something every kid faces

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