Cleaning Solutions

The utterly remarkable YA debut of acclaimed poet Roy Guzmán, giving powerful voice to their experience as a child new to America, who at age nine spends his days cleaning houses with his mother instead of being able to go to school and by age thirteen is learning to navigate the perilous road forward into a world of queerness, art, and acceptance.

At age 9, Roy emigrates from Honduras to Miami, sharing a bed with his mother and other women in a house with several other women. Because he doe...