But it’s no ordinary closet-it’s a secret portal/space that links him with two other students seeking refuge-Chinese and Black Juliana, who likes girls, and Filipino and white Sal, who uses they/them pronouns. He keeps trying to dodge the bully and his crew, eventually hiding out in a janitorial closet. It so wasn’t a thing at all at his old school, but now that his bully is antagonizing him even more because of this, he’s hesitant to come out to anyone else. This school doesn’t even have drama! He lands on the radar of the school bully, who really starts to go after Héctor when Héctor says that he’s gay. He misses San Francisco, his friends, and the school’s drama department. Héctor is not loving his new middle school in his new town. Don’t you love when you find a book that engrossing? But, oops, I sat there long enough to finish the entire book and all of a sudden it was time to make dinner. When I sat down to read this, I still had a long to-do list of tasks. A room that connects him with two new friends from different corners of the country-and opens the door to a life-changing year full of magic, friendship, and adventure. (Yes, he sees the irony.) But one day, when the door closes behind him, Héctor discovers he’s stumbled into a room that shouldn’t be possible. Most days, Héctor just wishes he could disappear.
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