![]() ![]() As Max is biracial (Mexican/white) while Jordan is white, Konigsberg ( Honestly Ben, 2017, etc.) effectively reverses the white savior narrative to instead position a character of color as the one offering help-although ultimately the narrative questions what it means to be a savior at all in the context of this mutually supportive and healing relationship. Meanwhile, Jordan fights his feelings of inadequacy and his growing resentment toward his mother. Flashbacks reveal Max’s trauma following a rape at a college party. Alternating first-person narration delves deeply into the complicated inner lives of the two boys as their relationship blossoms. They earn enough money to pay off debts from Jordan’s widowed mother’s gambling addiction. As it turns out, the two also make excellent (if a bit unorthodox) business partners. Though the classmate, Jordan, is a jock-hating “emo kid,” the pair proves that opposites do indeed attract-even in the cramped confines of a food truck. ![]() But a chance encounter at a classmate’s struggling food truck sees heroics-prone Max volunteering as an employee. “Dude Bro” Max is a “closet foodie” and keeps his culinary aspirations secret from “the Amigos,” his close-knit duo of friends. Two Arizona teens run a food truck and fall in love with more than just cooking together. ![]()
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