Something In-Between
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Last published Mon, Aug 23, 2021
After a protest at City Hall goes wrong, Luna, a Mexican-American high school student, is saved from being pushed into traffic by a boy named Briar. Sparks fly, bad humor is exchanged, and something about a zombie...but more than sparks ignite when she realizes Briar is the son of the racist, white-supremacist candidate for mayor. Briar's father is against her and her people. Briar and Luna's encounter sets off a sweet but tumultuous relationship. Meanwhile, she struggles with her parents' broken marriage and what it means for her identity.
Luna is caught between love and hate, marriage and divorce, Mexican and American. Will hate decide who she is and how she loves? Or will she find something in-between?
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