Staff Pick of the Week: The Whole Sky Full of Stars

This week's pick is The Whole Sky Full of Stars by Rene Saldana, Jr. (YA SALDANA).

When you're in trouble, who do you turn to? Your best friend, of course. Barry and Alby have been best friends for forever, so when Alby owes more than a little too much money to Ciro, the high school poker champ, he turns to Barry for help. But Barry has troubles of his own - his father died recently of cancer and his mom is having a hard time making ends meet. And Alby doesn't want to admit to Barry why he needs cash, so instead he tries to get to enter the Man O'Might competition with the promise of plenty of prize money for both of them. At first Barry isn't sure this is the right way to go, but the though of being able to help his mom takes precedence and he agrees to fight. But when the day of the competition arrives, will everything go as planned?