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The Water Year

by Max Howard
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Sophie lives on the border between the United States and Mexico. She spends most of her time taking care of her little sister and working at the family restaurant, hoping to catch the eye the Mexican boy who delivers baked goods. Her father and uncle spend their free time scouring the desert as part of a civilian militia, trying to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the United States. When Sophie becomes involved with an immigrant-aid organization called Human Kind, it challenges everything she's ever known. Suddenly, Sophie is stuck at the borderline of family and justice.

  • Creators

  • Series

    YA Prose

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 1, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781538385135

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781538385135
      • File size: 7745 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      A teen is torn between her conscience and family loyalty when lives are at stake. Caring for her younger sister and helping out at her family's restaurant leave Sophie little time for fun. However, she reluctantly accepts an invitation to a party in the desert in the hope that her crush, Rub�n, will be there. Sophie's discovery on the party property of the dead body of a migrant child, presumed to have succumbed to the desert heat, sets Sophie on a path of activism as she begins to volunteer alongside Rub�n with a migrant aid organization. Sophie's dad and uncle are heavily involved in a dangerous group that works to discourage and even harm immigrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, which causes an inevitable conflict. Plot points and conversations between Sophie and her dad on the topic of immigration could feel educational or reductive depending on readers' familiarity with the topic. Sophie is presumed white and slips into the savior role at times, but Sophie's best friend, boyfriend, and others are Latinx and are actively and positively portrayed as activists working toward education and change. Human rights issues and romance are infused into this fast-paced drama geared toward reluctant readers. (Fiction. 12-18)

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