Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything -

Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Simon Pulse

2020

432 páginas

14h 24m

ISBN-13: 9781534448636

Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Roswell by way of Laurie Halse Anderson in this astonishing, genre-bending novel about a Mexican American teen who discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien life.

It’s been three years since ICE raids and phone calls from Mexico and an ill-fated walk across the Sonoran. Three years since Sia Martinez’s mom disappeared. Sia wants to move on, but it’s hard in her tiny Arizona town where people refer to her mom’s deportation as “an unfortunate incident.”

Sia knows that her mom must be dead, but every new moon Sia drives into the desert and lights San Anthony and la Guadalupe candles to guide her mom home.

Then one night, under a million stars, Sia’s life and the world as we know it cracks wide open. Because a blue-lit spacecraft crashes in front of Sia’s car…and it’s carrying her mom, who’s very much alive.

As Sia races to save her mom from armed-quite-possibly-alien soldiers, she uncovers secrets as profound as they are dangerous in this stunning and inventive exploration of first love, family, immigration, and our vast, limitless universe.

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

Muito maior, melhor e mais divertido do que a sinopse supõe.

Que livro corajoso:

- Tem fantasia, romance e sci-fi!
- É YA mas é duro, violento e extremamente crítico quando tem que ser.
- Ritmo frenético depois da página 150 (a sinopse promete uma coisa que demora a acontecer, mas quando acontece é plot twist atrás de plot twist.
- Apresenta muito da cultura mexicana sem ser didático.

Meu único ponto fraco a dizer é que o livro tem muitos assuntos bons, talvez até demais, só que a história principal atropela algumas boas ideias que ficam pelo meio do caminho e que poderiam ajudar a aprofundar alguns personagens.

Mas eu amei!