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Few Blue Skies
In her latest novel, Pura Belpré Award–winning author Carolina Ixta weaves a tender story about love and hope, following a teen as she works to protect her family and community from a major corporation taking over her town.
Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up with her after his father’s death, a tragedy that drove Paloma and him apart. Ever since then, the mountains have felt flatter, the sky farther away.
Now, her hometown of San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories, is in danger. Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school.
This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s ever-practical Ma, want to leave.
But Paloma wants nothing more than to stay. Because when the smog clears, there is still hope. That hope drives Paloma to reconnect with Julio to expose and challenge the dangers that Selva introduces to communities like their own. Can they stop Selva from destroying everything they know? Is there still a chance for their budding romance?
Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up with her after his father’s death, a tragedy that drove Paloma and him apart. Ever since then, the mountains have felt flatter, the sky farther away.
Now, her hometown of San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories, is in danger. Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school.
This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s ever-practical Ma, want to leave.
But Paloma wants nothing more than to stay. Because when the smog clears, there is still hope. That hope drives Paloma to reconnect with Julio to expose and challenge the dangers that Selva introduces to communities like their own. Can they stop Selva from destroying everything they know? Is there still a chance for their budding romance?
384 pages, Hardcover
First published February 3, 2026
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About the author
Carolina Ixta
2 books112 followersCarolina Ixta is a writer from Oakland, California. A daughter of Mexican immigrants, she received her B.A. in Creative Writing and Spanish Language and Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz and obtained her Master's degree in Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently an elementary school teacher whose pedagogy centers critical race theory at the primary education level. Shut Up, This is Serious is her debut novel.
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November 6, 2025
Definitely pick this up if you feel a little nauseous every time you see an Am*z*n truck.
There’s a lot of good messaging in here about making difficult choices, learning to apologize when you’re wrong, and standing up for what you believe in. I couldn’t help comparing this book to Shut Up, This is Serious, which I absolutely adored, and I found the conception, pacing, and tone relatively lacking. Still a great addition to the YA canon. And I think my reading mood and general attitude towards to world right now made it out to be a little heavier and flatter than it is.
There’s a lot of good messaging in here about making difficult choices, learning to apologize when you’re wrong, and standing up for what you believe in. I couldn’t help comparing this book to Shut Up, This is Serious, which I absolutely adored, and I found the conception, pacing, and tone relatively lacking. Still a great addition to the YA canon. And I think my reading mood and general attitude towards to world right now made it out to be a little heavier and flatter than it is.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I loved Shut Up, This Is Serious and so I picked this one up. It is about a young woman, Paloma, who lives in Southern California's Inland Empire, where farms are being replaced by warehouses. Her father works for the company (a thin stand in for A*az*n), and the whole town is impacted by poor air quality resulting from all the diesel trucks. Her father has developed asthma and her mother is begging him to move. He refuses to do so because he is the leader of a strike. Her ex-boyfriend's father died and her best friend's father also works for the company. Paloma has strong convictions and has to learn to navigate all of these relationships with friends and family, who have different positions regarding the company. I learned a lot from this book. I did not know about these company towns until I read the book. This one is not as poignant or sharp as Ms. Ixta's first novel.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Richie’s Picks: FEW BLUE SKIES by Carolina Ixta, HarperCollins/Quill Tree, February 2026, 384p., ISBN: 978-0-06-328791-4
“Just go out for a breath of air
And you’ll be ready for Medicare
The city streets are really quite a thrill
If the hoods don’t get you, the monoxide will.”
– Tom Lehrer, “Pollution” (1965)
“[W]hat I have grown to learn through my own time in academia, in reading, and in research is that the racism in urban planning, the process of developing a city’s infrastructure, is never coincidental. The location of city dumps, the location of highways, and the location of warehouses are always strategically planned.”
— Author’s Note
(This book was inspired by the author’s learning that an Inland Empire community approved construction of a warehouse next to the local high school.)
Issues of social, economic, and environmental justice permeate FEW BLUE SKIES, a contemporary tale for tweens and teens that is set in southern California’s Inland Empire. Two teens who have known each other forever–and share a sweet, innocent past together–team up on a research project tied to a lucrative scholarship contest. The topic of their research is personal for both of them. It relates to their dads’ respective respiratory illnesses that certainly seem to stem from working in the community’s pollution-belching warehouse operations. It’s a story that illustrates injustices stemming from the siting of health-threatening industries in low income communities. It also shows how a prosperous corporation can readily work the system to the detriment of the people and community involved.
“Where most people had family photos pinned to the fridge, my ma had newspaper clippings of homes for rent back in her hometown. They all looked the same: jaws of gates, stucco walls, terra-cotta tiles, an hour from here, away from all the warehouses, away from all the smog.
I could imagine her at work, sitting in a corner booth, poring over them in her break–a pair of scissors in her hand as she cut fantasy from paper.
‘How can we stay here?’ my ma asks, watching as my papa crosses into the kitchen. I hand him his water and he ushers us to all sit at the kitchen table. My ma sets her elbows against the surface, presses her fingers tight against her temples. ‘She’s putting them everywhere.’
She tilts her head toward the living room, where the news is still on, where the mayor is still smiling. The volume is low, and I want so badly to get up and turn it off. To not know.
But not knowing feels worse than knowing.
I glimpse at the mayor who has divided the city, the community, my family, in half. She began her term twelve years ago and has yet to be voted out, funneling her quiet Selva donations to bolster her reelection campaigns every cycle.
But what my ma is saying isn’t true. The mayor wasn’t putting them everywhere.
On the north side, where Mayor Warner lived, there were no warehouses. There were parks, there were gardens, there were trees.
But on the south side, where most of the Latino and Black residents lived, we have warehouses.”
In FEW BLUE SKIES, the smog that is connected to the logistics industry and all those warehouses has created a life-and-death situation for Paloma’s and Julio’s dads, along with others living and working on the south side of town. Together, the two teens employ disciplined science research techniques in order to develop empirical proof of the harm being done, as they seek to win the scholarship contest that could provide the funds Julio needs in order to attend UC Davis.
The story also does a stellar job of delving into the web of relationships between the two teens, their friends, parents, and community members.
Filled with first love, political corruption, heartbreaking tragedy, a look at how online shopping is causing big changes in our world, some jaw-dropping surprises, and some heartbreaking choices, FEW BLUE SKIES is a powerful, relevant, and thoroughly-engaging read that will leave readers pondering how they might act and react in similar circumstances.
Richie Partington, MLIS
Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.com
https://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/
richiepartington@gmail.com
“Just go out for a breath of air
And you’ll be ready for Medicare
The city streets are really quite a thrill
If the hoods don’t get you, the monoxide will.”
– Tom Lehrer, “Pollution” (1965)
“[W]hat I have grown to learn through my own time in academia, in reading, and in research is that the racism in urban planning, the process of developing a city’s infrastructure, is never coincidental. The location of city dumps, the location of highways, and the location of warehouses are always strategically planned.”
— Author’s Note
(This book was inspired by the author’s learning that an Inland Empire community approved construction of a warehouse next to the local high school.)
Issues of social, economic, and environmental justice permeate FEW BLUE SKIES, a contemporary tale for tweens and teens that is set in southern California’s Inland Empire. Two teens who have known each other forever–and share a sweet, innocent past together–team up on a research project tied to a lucrative scholarship contest. The topic of their research is personal for both of them. It relates to their dads’ respective respiratory illnesses that certainly seem to stem from working in the community’s pollution-belching warehouse operations. It’s a story that illustrates injustices stemming from the siting of health-threatening industries in low income communities. It also shows how a prosperous corporation can readily work the system to the detriment of the people and community involved.
“Where most people had family photos pinned to the fridge, my ma had newspaper clippings of homes for rent back in her hometown. They all looked the same: jaws of gates, stucco walls, terra-cotta tiles, an hour from here, away from all the warehouses, away from all the smog.
I could imagine her at work, sitting in a corner booth, poring over them in her break–a pair of scissors in her hand as she cut fantasy from paper.
‘How can we stay here?’ my ma asks, watching as my papa crosses into the kitchen. I hand him his water and he ushers us to all sit at the kitchen table. My ma sets her elbows against the surface, presses her fingers tight against her temples. ‘She’s putting them everywhere.’
She tilts her head toward the living room, where the news is still on, where the mayor is still smiling. The volume is low, and I want so badly to get up and turn it off. To not know.
But not knowing feels worse than knowing.
I glimpse at the mayor who has divided the city, the community, my family, in half. She began her term twelve years ago and has yet to be voted out, funneling her quiet Selva donations to bolster her reelection campaigns every cycle.
But what my ma is saying isn’t true. The mayor wasn’t putting them everywhere.
On the north side, where Mayor Warner lived, there were no warehouses. There were parks, there were gardens, there were trees.
But on the south side, where most of the Latino and Black residents lived, we have warehouses.”
In FEW BLUE SKIES, the smog that is connected to the logistics industry and all those warehouses has created a life-and-death situation for Paloma’s and Julio’s dads, along with others living and working on the south side of town. Together, the two teens employ disciplined science research techniques in order to develop empirical proof of the harm being done, as they seek to win the scholarship contest that could provide the funds Julio needs in order to attend UC Davis.
The story also does a stellar job of delving into the web of relationships between the two teens, their friends, parents, and community members.
Filled with first love, political corruption, heartbreaking tragedy, a look at how online shopping is causing big changes in our world, some jaw-dropping surprises, and some heartbreaking choices, FEW BLUE SKIES is a powerful, relevant, and thoroughly-engaging read that will leave readers pondering how they might act and react in similar circumstances.
Richie Partington, MLIS
Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.pbworks.com
https://www.facebook.com/richiespicks/
richiepartington@gmail.com
December 9, 2025
Title: Few Blue Skies
Author: Carolina Ixta
Publisher: Harper Audio Children/Quill Tree Books
Format: 🎧
Narrator: Karla Serrato
Genre: YA/Teen
Audiobook Pub Date: February 3, 2026
My Rating: 4.4 Stars
Pages; 384
Paloma Vistamontes lives in an area in Southern California know as the Inland Empire. The people who live in this area are hardworking people many work in the LA area but it is less expensive to live the 40 miles so in Riverside County.
Her hometown is the fictional town San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories. Now their land is in danger as Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their mega warehouses beside her high school.
A year ago, Paloma and her now ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up. Julio’s father had died and his death drove he and Paloma apart.
Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s Ma, want to leave.
Story is twofold as we follow Paloma in her quest to make the community safe also her relationship with Julio,
Paloma and Julia have been best friends for a long time; they are very intelligent and have applied to college. They are accepted =she to University of California, Riverside which is near where she lives and Julia applied to UC Davis as they have a ‘plant and soil ‘major that highly interest him. Davis is further north so will be more expensive. As they look for way to pay for college they discover a wonderful full ride scholarship via the Community Care Program. Paloma does extensive research the negative impact the big warehouses have on the environment.
The major is very much in favor of allowing the warehouses to be built and next to the school is a large area. She sees it as bring many joys to the community.
I wasn’t expected this story to be as educational as it was. The author note is Great- a must read. She tells as her inspiration as well as her research on both the warehouses as well as the difficulty for poor families to find funding for higher education.
Additionally the narrator Karla Serrato was great!
Want to thank NetGalley and HarperAudio Children/Quill Tree Books for this early audiobook.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for February 3, 2026.
Author: Carolina Ixta
Publisher: Harper Audio Children/Quill Tree Books
Format: 🎧
Narrator: Karla Serrato
Genre: YA/Teen
Audiobook Pub Date: February 3, 2026
My Rating: 4.4 Stars
Pages; 384
Paloma Vistamontes lives in an area in Southern California know as the Inland Empire. The people who live in this area are hardworking people many work in the LA area but it is less expensive to live the 40 miles so in Riverside County.
Her hometown is the fictional town San Fermín, a place where honest people work on farms and in factories. Now their land is in danger as Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their mega warehouses beside her high school.
A year ago, Paloma and her now ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up. Julio’s father had died and his death drove he and Paloma apart.
Since Selva arrived, they’ve opened warehouses everywhere where there used to be green spaces. Because of them, the air pollution is so bad that school is often canceled. Many people, including Paloma’s Ma, want to leave.
Story is twofold as we follow Paloma in her quest to make the community safe also her relationship with Julio,
Paloma and Julia have been best friends for a long time; they are very intelligent and have applied to college. They are accepted =she to University of California, Riverside which is near where she lives and Julia applied to UC Davis as they have a ‘plant and soil ‘major that highly interest him. Davis is further north so will be more expensive. As they look for way to pay for college they discover a wonderful full ride scholarship via the Community Care Program. Paloma does extensive research the negative impact the big warehouses have on the environment.
The major is very much in favor of allowing the warehouses to be built and next to the school is a large area. She sees it as bring many joys to the community.
I wasn’t expected this story to be as educational as it was. The author note is Great- a must read. She tells as her inspiration as well as her research on both the warehouses as well as the difficulty for poor families to find funding for higher education.
Additionally the narrator Karla Serrato was great!
Want to thank NetGalley and HarperAudio Children/Quill Tree Books for this early audiobook.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for February 3, 2026.
August 9, 2025
Having read and loved Ixta's Shut Up, This Is Serious, I had high hopes for Few Blue Skies. For the most part I feel that those were met. Slightly more speculative in setting than her debut, Carolina Ixta's newest novel is just as heartfelt, true, and important. Her teenage protagonist is dealing with all kinds of grief and stress. Alongside her college applications, scholarship season, weirdness with her best friend, and dealing with the fallout of a breakup, Paloma is negotiating the changes brought to her hometown by mega-conglomerate Selva, whose abysmal work conditions have contributed to rising rates of asthma and lung cancer in her hometown. Her ex is grieving the loss of his father, but things are off between them because they haven't talked since the funeral. Her own dad's striking to improve conditions, but only getting sicker, and it's making things complicated with him and Paloma's mother.
What a complex situation. What a difficult place to be put in. Paloma navigates it all with a huge amount of stubborn, tenacious independence that really reminds me of Belén from Ixta's first novel. I will say the only minor issue I had was that the writing style of short paragraphs, sometimes only 1-2 sentences a piece, didn't work as well for me... but as the plot picked up I felt myself immerse more and that became less of a distraction. It's also a personal preference, not an actual problem I had with the book! I'll be recommending to speculative fiction and cli-fi readers, fans of Ixta's debut, and teen activists.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children's for the ARC.
What a complex situation. What a difficult place to be put in. Paloma navigates it all with a huge amount of stubborn, tenacious independence that really reminds me of Belén from Ixta's first novel. I will say the only minor issue I had was that the writing style of short paragraphs, sometimes only 1-2 sentences a piece, didn't work as well for me... but as the plot picked up I felt myself immerse more and that became less of a distraction. It's also a personal preference, not an actual problem I had with the book! I'll be recommending to speculative fiction and cli-fi readers, fans of Ixta's debut, and teen activists.
Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Children's for the ARC.
December 5, 2025
Reviewed for IndieNext:
Cli-fi meets romance in this stunning story of the power in staying and fighting for what you love, even when it might be so much easier to leave it all behind. Caroline Ixta's FEW BLUE SKIES follows Paloma, high school journalist, and Julio, budding scientist, as they team up on a research project to expose the data corporation, Selva, that is dangerously polluting their beloved hometown of San Fermín. Paloma adores her town, built by the very workers whose health and safety are being jeopardized through Selva's corruption, and she will do anything to protect it. In poignant YA narrative, Ixta expertly captures the sort of frenzied energy that only exists in the dreams of teenagers, while providing an outlet for and empowering young readers to achieve those aspirations. The resilient protagonist, Paloma, sees hope where others are hopeless, notices beauty in the mundane, and persists in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Full of vivid imagery, evocative dialogue, and swoon-worthy bits, FEW BLUE SKIES is simultaneously a salve and a call to action for our current moment.
Cli-fi meets romance in this stunning story of the power in staying and fighting for what you love, even when it might be so much easier to leave it all behind. Caroline Ixta's FEW BLUE SKIES follows Paloma, high school journalist, and Julio, budding scientist, as they team up on a research project to expose the data corporation, Selva, that is dangerously polluting their beloved hometown of San Fermín. Paloma adores her town, built by the very workers whose health and safety are being jeopardized through Selva's corruption, and she will do anything to protect it. In poignant YA narrative, Ixta expertly captures the sort of frenzied energy that only exists in the dreams of teenagers, while providing an outlet for and empowering young readers to achieve those aspirations. The resilient protagonist, Paloma, sees hope where others are hopeless, notices beauty in the mundane, and persists in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Full of vivid imagery, evocative dialogue, and swoon-worthy bits, FEW BLUE SKIES is simultaneously a salve and a call to action for our current moment.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
There are so many who shop at the river company without any thought to long term ramifications. And aside from the obvious, what isn’t talked about enough, is the destruction of communities, public health and labor issues. Few Blue skies centers two teens who have live in one of those communities and where the company has had such devastating effects on their lives. Paloma and Julio, while working on this project, begin to realize, this isn’t just a black and white issue, but about systemic problems overall. Impossible choices have to be made. This book also brings up, that it’s not that lower income people don’t want to go to college, but affordability and access is the dream, due to high education costs. And, around it all, one can’t help root for both Paloma and Julio. I wouldn’t mind a book 2 to see the change that these two young people will make.
I realize the irony that I am posting on this platform, owned by river company.
I received an arc from the publisher but all opinions are my own.
I realize the irony that I am posting on this platform, owned by river company.
I received an arc from the publisher but all opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
4.5. Few Blue Skies is one of those special YA novels that everybody needs to read. I read Shut Up, This is Serious while completing a Young Adult Materials class as part of my MLIS degree and I was so drawn to Ixta’s voice and the passion she has behind everything she writes. I was do excited to read this one.
The topic of this novel is timely and relatable and feels so real throughout the story. The author takes great care in presenting different viewpoints and experiences within a variety of likable characters without making any of the book feel didactic. That takes real skill. I felt like I really connected with all of the characters in some way or another and felt their pain and happiness deeply. The authors note at the end is full of important information. Don’t skip it!
This book will appeal to a wide range of people and although it is written for YA, I think adults will find real value in this story as well.
Thank you to NetGalley and Quill Tree Books for this ARC. All opinions are my own.
The topic of this novel is timely and relatable and feels so real throughout the story. The author takes great care in presenting different viewpoints and experiences within a variety of likable characters without making any of the book feel didactic. That takes real skill. I felt like I really connected with all of the characters in some way or another and felt their pain and happiness deeply. The authors note at the end is full of important information. Don’t skip it!
This book will appeal to a wide range of people and although it is written for YA, I think adults will find real value in this story as well.
Thank you to NetGalley and Quill Tree Books for this ARC. All opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from Edelweiss+
Paloma’s family is being torn apart by Sela Warehouses. Dad has developed lung problems from working there and is currently doing another job while continuing as a manger for the striking Selva employees. Mom has stopped seeing a future in their central California town and is lobbying hard for everyone to move back to her family home about an hour away so they can work at the family restaurant. Best friend and sometimes boyfriend Julio has been distant since his dad died from warehouse related lung problems. Best friend Ale has been promoted to a manager at Selva as a reward for breaking the strike. Julio invites Paloma to work with him on a competitive research project that could pay for Julio to attend UC Davis, and would help Paloma, though she has already pieced together enough scholarships to go local. Unforgettable characters, searingly difficult moral dilemmas. Consider this for high school book social justice book clubs. Second excellent book by Ixta does not disappoint.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
#FewBlueSkies #NetGalley
Life's not black and white.
Sometimes there's lots of gray.
Paloma, the female character, wrestles with quite a bit.
She may be young but her moral compass is often in conflict with the reality of her circumstances. There's her strained relationship with her mother. How does she navigate a way back to what they were when she is in the center of her parents' marriage imploding. Then there's the larger issue of the self involved mayor against the financial opportunities for a love's better life.
The author gives the reader an uncomfortable, but important front seat to all these choices, Paloma, faces. How these choices impact her and those in her community is a thought provoking one. This read will prod the reader to really consider life that they may not be there reality. It will make the reader think.
This ARC was provided by publisher, HarperCollins Children's Books | Quill Tree Books, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Life's not black and white.
Sometimes there's lots of gray.
Paloma, the female character, wrestles with quite a bit.
She may be young but her moral compass is often in conflict with the reality of her circumstances. There's her strained relationship with her mother. How does she navigate a way back to what they were when she is in the center of her parents' marriage imploding. Then there's the larger issue of the self involved mayor against the financial opportunities for a love's better life.
The author gives the reader an uncomfortable, but important front seat to all these choices, Paloma, faces. How these choices impact her and those in her community is a thought provoking one. This read will prod the reader to really consider life that they may not be there reality. It will make the reader think.
This ARC was provided by publisher, HarperCollins Children's Books | Quill Tree Books, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
4.5 stars
I know the main characters are teenagers in this, but I couldn't help but talk to them at the end of this book. Especially Paloma, because she was being such a teenager and stuck in her own head. But I think that's good for a YA! It speaks to Ixta's ability to write authentic teenage characters, especially teenage characters who are put into impossible situations.
This book will unsettle you, as it is a commentary on actual companies, even if those company names aren't used. I appreciated the author's note, which points out all of the research that went into this book and the importance of bringing this issue to light. Not sure if it will necessarily be a story that teens are drawn to, but I do still think it's an important story overall.
I know the main characters are teenagers in this, but I couldn't help but talk to them at the end of this book. Especially Paloma, because she was being such a teenager and stuck in her own head. But I think that's good for a YA! It speaks to Ixta's ability to write authentic teenage characters, especially teenage characters who are put into impossible situations.
This book will unsettle you, as it is a commentary on actual companies, even if those company names aren't used. I appreciated the author's note, which points out all of the research that went into this book and the importance of bringing this issue to light. Not sure if it will necessarily be a story that teens are drawn to, but I do still think it's an important story overall.
September 22, 2025
An absolute knockout gorgeous read. Official blurb: "Through a wholly drawn narrator and her signature gorgeous prose, Carolina Ixta has crafted both a searing commentary on the human toll of corporate greed and a tender story of a girl navigating first love, family, and an uncertain future. Few Blue Skies is one of those books that reminds me why I love YA. Ixta avoids easy answers and instead offers a blueprint to readers on what it means to ask questions, to find community, to be an advocate—and, above all, to hold onto hope for a better tomorrow."
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
I chose to start reading this book because I thought I would learn something and wow oh wow did I both learn something AND fall in love with the characters and all of their complexities. Things are never quite as simple as you may think, we all have such difficult choices to make.
If you’re on the fence about reading this, check out the authors note. I loved the way such a heavy topic was turned fictionalized to bring out the humanity of it all. This kind of book (and this book specifically) are so important.
Thanks libro.fm, Quill Tree Books, and Carolina Ixta for the ALC :)
If you’re on the fence about reading this, check out the authors note. I loved the way such a heavy topic was turned fictionalized to bring out the humanity of it all. This kind of book (and this book specifically) are so important.
Thanks libro.fm, Quill Tree Books, and Carolina Ixta for the ALC :)
December 5, 2025
Very well written in an important novel. The air quality situation in California is honestly not talked about enough and it is nice to see a YA book that covers it in a very realistic way. It did drag a bit at times and I found the main male character to be a bit annoying, but other than that, I really enjoyed the book.
Thank you Libro FM for the ARC!
Thank you Libro FM for the ARC!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
gorgeously interesting book about a company building their new location in a town and how some want to fight against the pollution. 5 stars. tysm for the arc.
Review of advance copy
Thank you Libro.fm for the ARC.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
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