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Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza

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Sanctuary

Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · August 31, 2021

Reading lane: Immigration for Teens

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher’s timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Near-Future Flight

A tense escape story makes surveillance and the search for sanctuary feel unsettlingly close.

Come here for

  • Near-future dystopia grounded in immigration and surveillance
  • An urgent journey toward safety

Expect

  • A haunting, hopeful tone
  • A sustained, high-stakes narrative

Book Details

Authors
Paola Mendoza, Abby Sher
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
August 31, 2021
Format
Paperback
Theme
Immigration for Teens · Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
Reading lane
Immigration for Teens

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Diverse YA Fiction

  • Immigration for Teens

  • Prejudice & Racism for Teens

About This Book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher’s timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary. It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked--from buses to grocery stores. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. S...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher’s timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary. It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked--from buses to grocery stores. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. She and her family have carved out a stable, happy life in small-town Vermont, but when Vali's mother's counterfeit chip starts malfunctioning and the Deportation Forces raid their town, they are forced to flee. Now on the run, Vali and her family are desperately trying to make it to her tía Luna's in California, a sanctuary state that is currently being walled off from the rest of the country. But when Vali's mother is detained before their journey even really begins, Vali must carry on with her younger brother across the country to make it to safety before it's too late. Gripping and urgent, co-authors Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher have crafted a narrative that is as haunting as it is hopeful in envisioning a future where everyone can find sanctuary. And don’t miss the sequel, Solis, available now!

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