Angelo Surmelis

The Dangerous Art of Blending In

Balzer & Bray

Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn’t know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. This is a powerful and revelatory coming-of-age debut novel based on the author’s own childhood, about a boy who learns to step into his light.