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A review by notinjersey
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
4.0
This book was a perfect read for Pride month. It is an Own Voices Queer and Lantinx story about a boy finding himself during his senior year of high school. It starts with a note from the author, which I will quote from here, as it is important to know going in – “topics are going to arise that I want you to be prepared for, such as physical abuse and how that affects mental health, launguage used in a homophobic manner, and forced outing.”
After Jules accidentally outs himself on Twitter, he has to deal with reactions from his friends and family members. Luckily, they are mostly positive. However, his father is very homophobic and not at all happy about Jules being gay. Jules is lucky that he has his older sister to take him in and a wonderful group of friends to support him. He also has Mat, a Vietnamese teen living in L.A., who he connects with over Twitter, to help him navigate being out, although he is too far away. Their relationship is pretty instalove, but sweet and lovely as they navigate the distance leading towards Jules’s decisions about his future.
After Jules accidentally outs himself on Twitter, he has to deal with reactions from his friends and family members. Luckily, they are mostly positive. However, his father is very homophobic and not at all happy about Jules being gay. Jules is lucky that he has his older sister to take him in and a wonderful group of friends to support him. He also has Mat, a Vietnamese teen living in L.A., who he connects with over Twitter, to help him navigate being out, although he is too far away. Their relationship is pretty instalove, but sweet and lovely as they navigate the distance leading towards Jules’s decisions about his future.