This Is The Year By Mu Oz, Gloria
This Is The Year By Mu Oz, Gloria
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This dazzling YA cli-fi written in prose and verse will speak to any reader struggling with the state of our world and how to understand their place in it.
"In outer space, no one will know me as the girl with the dead sister."
Seventeen-year-old self-proclaimed Goth and aspiring writer Julieta Villarreal is drowning. Shes grieving her twin sister who died in a hit-and-run, her Florida home is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and she isnt sure how much longer she can stand to stay in a place that doesnt seem to have room for her.
Then, Juli is recruited by Cometa, a private space program enlisting high-aptitude New American teens for a high-stakes mission to establish humanitys first extraterrestrial settlement. Cometa pitches this as an opportunity for Juli to give back to her adopted country; Juli sees it as her only chance to do something big with her life.
Juli begins her training, convinced Cometa is her path to freedom. But her senior year is full of surprises, including new friendships, roller skating, and first love. And through her small but poignant acts of environmentalism, Juli begins to find hope in unexpected places. As her world collapses from the ramifications of the climate crisis, Juli must decide if shell carry her loss together with her community or leave it all behind.
Told in gripping prose interspersed with poems from Julis writing journal, this genre-bending novel explores themes of immigration, climate justice, grief, and the power of communities.
"In outer space, no one will know me as the girl with the dead sister."
Seventeen-year-old self-proclaimed Goth and aspiring writer Julieta Villarreal is drowning. Shes grieving her twin sister who died in a hit-and-run, her Florida home is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and she isnt sure how much longer she can stand to stay in a place that doesnt seem to have room for her.
Then, Juli is recruited by Cometa, a private space program enlisting high-aptitude New American teens for a high-stakes mission to establish humanitys first extraterrestrial settlement. Cometa pitches this as an opportunity for Juli to give back to her adopted country; Juli sees it as her only chance to do something big with her life.
Juli begins her training, convinced Cometa is her path to freedom. But her senior year is full of surprises, including new friendships, roller skating, and first love. And through her small but poignant acts of environmentalism, Juli begins to find hope in unexpected places. As her world collapses from the ramifications of the climate crisis, Juli must decide if shell carry her loss together with her community or leave it all behind.
Told in gripping prose interspersed with poems from Julis writing journal, this genre-bending novel explores themes of immigration, climate justice, grief, and the power of communities.
