![]() ![]() No need to add meddling dead abuelas to the mix.”įrom the January/February 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. Through Sia’s wry first-person narration, however, the tone remains mostly light: “Aliens, government conspiracies, secret experiments. There’s a content warning at the start (“Sexual Assault, PTSD, Physical Abuse, Parental Death, Racist Violence”), and those issues are addressed head-on. Very short chapters - there are 224 of them - keep the pace snappy, and a cliffhanger ending, plus deliberate loose ends, point to more adventures to come. The first quarter of the book is realistic and engaging contemporary YA - and then Something Happens, and we’re launched into sci-fi. ![]() Rose is suspicious (it has to do with the sheriff), but she’s distracted by her own love interest, causing jealous Sia to ignore the warning signs. When a handsome new guy shows up and starts flirting, Sia is cautiously intrigued. Sia’s loving father and her loyal best friend, Rose, help support her through grief, even as the sadistic sheriff’s son torments her at school (to his detriment Sia is no slouch in the self-defense department). 'Will leave readers spellbound.' India Holton. Two years ago, seventeen-year-old Sia Martinez’s mother perished in the Sonoran Desert, attempting to return home to (fictional) Caraway, Arizona, after being cruelly deported to Mexico. Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (Goodreads Author) Release date: Sep 12, 2023. ![]() ![]() Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything ![]()
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