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adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
"I guess sometimes we just need people to help us feel like we belong."
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It's March 1952 in Lariat County, TX and Pineda wants to just hang out with his friends Junior, Ernesto and Patsy, but during class they see men parachuting from the sky into their town. They've decided to carry out a training exercise in their tiny farming town, taking over the school and the local government. Pineda knows they also have two aliens because he's keeping their daughter, whom he named Luisa, safe in his family's barn. He's promised to help reunite her with her parents and save them from the government, but it soon proves easier said than done. With the help of his friends, the townspeople and the only Black officer in the army, Pineda fights for ALL Americans, whether they were born here or even on another planet.
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Our differences are what makes us special. They're what should unite us. Adrianna Cuevas tells a wild MG story with her latest book, but at the heart it's about not being afraid of those who are different than us. Embracing various cultures, families, stories, etc. is what America was founded on and I believe we've lost sight of that as a nation. Fans of Stranger Things, The Goonies, Back to the Future and ET will love this adventurous, historical fiction tale that has so much truth to it! Be sure to read the Author's Note at the end to learn more about this Texas origin story.
CW: war (theme), war hysteria, racism, microaggressions, xenophobia
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It's March 1952 in Lariat County, TX and Pineda wants to just hang out with his friends Junior, Ernesto and Patsy, but during class they see men parachuting from the sky into their town. They've decided to carry out a training exercise in their tiny farming town, taking over the school and the local government. Pineda knows they also have two aliens because he's keeping their daughter, whom he named Luisa, safe in his family's barn. He's promised to help reunite her with her parents and save them from the government, but it soon proves easier said than done. With the help of his friends, the townspeople and the only Black officer in the army, Pineda fights for ALL Americans, whether they were born here or even on another planet.
🛸
Our differences are what makes us special. They're what should unite us. Adrianna Cuevas tells a wild MG story with her latest book, but at the heart it's about not being afraid of those who are different than us. Embracing various cultures, families, stories, etc. is what America was founded on and I believe we've lost sight of that as a nation. Fans of Stranger Things, The Goonies, Back to the Future and ET will love this adventurous, historical fiction tale that has so much truth to it! Be sure to read the Author's Note at the end to learn more about this Texas origin story.
CW: war (theme), war hysteria, racism, microaggressions, xenophobia
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