AristotleandDanteDiscovertheSecretsoftheUniverseisanupcomingmoviebasedofthecoming-of-ageyoungadultnovelbyAmericanauthorBenjaminAlireSáenz.SetinElPaso,Texasin1987,thenovelfollowstwoMexican-Americanteenagers,Aristotle"Ari"MendozaandDanteQuintana,theirfriendship,andtheirstruggleswithracialandethnicidentity,sexuality,andfamilyrelationships