The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The title “The Luis Ortega Survival Club” is written at the top in large red caps with a yellow border. Two devil horns and a tail are around “Luis Ortega”. At the bottom of the cover, black text reads “Bestselling author of the Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School”. In slightly larger caps immediately below this is the author’s name “Sonora Reyes”. Both of these are written across the arm of a woman in the background. The background shows four women. The women at the back has long black hair, a yellow t-shirt and a pink beanie. The woman to her lower left has long green hair, blue lipstick, a dark blue t-shirt and pink pants. The woman in the foreground, with the text across her lower left arm, has a short black bob, a red tank top with pink waves, and blue pants. Above her, to the right, a woman with short, curly black hair, glasses, gold hoop earrings and a pink shirt. They all appear to be in a hallway with lockers behind them. /end]

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Content Warning:

Approved by author (according to storygraph):

• Bullying
• Rape (Aftermath, not on page)
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Harassment

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Summary:

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of John Tucker Must Die but tackling serious topics. It’s a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. 

Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers, despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, popular Luis starts to pay attention to her, Ari finally feels seen.

Luis’s attention soon turns to something more, and they have sex at a party—while Ari didn’t say no, she definitely didn’t say yes. Before she has a chance to process what happened and decide if she even has the right to be mad at Luis, the rumor mill begins churning—thanks, she’s sure, to Luis’s ex-girlfriend, Shawni. Boys at school now see Ari as an easy target, someone who won’t say no. 

Then Ari finds a mysterious note in her locker that eventually leads her to a group of students determined to expose Luis for the predator he is. To her surprise, she finds genuine friendship among the group, including her growing feelings for the very last girl she expected to fall for. But in order to take Luis down, she’ll have to come to terms with the truth of what he did to her that night—and risk everything to see justice done. 

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Notes:

There is an audiobook.

There is an ebook. There is a kindle edition.

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Archivist Comments:

While the topic is a serious one, a lot of reviews have praised the way it has been handled within the book and the discussions of consent and sexuality that it raises.

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