 | Few blue skies Author: Ixta, Carolina | |
| Price: $14.99 | ||
Summary:
Paloma Vistamontes is heartbroken. A year ago, her ex-boyfriend, Julio Ramos, broke up with her after his father's death, a tragedy that drove Paloma and him apart. When Selva, a massive e-commerce conglomerate, threatens to open one of their warehouses beside her high school, Paloma reconnects with Julio to expose and challenge the environmental and economic dangers that Selva introduces to communities.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: UG Reading Level: 5.40 Points: 13.0 Quiz: 557985 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/15/25)
Booklist (02/01/26)
The Hornbook (00/03/26)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/01/2026 Paloma idolizes her heroic dad, especially when he leads a union strike against his employer, Selva, an Amazon-like e-commerce company that is not only mistreating its workers but also destroying the local environment. Julio, her ex-boyfriend, is still reeling from the loss of his father, a victim of the environmental impact and Paloma’s dad’s close friend. Both see a path forward in a scholarship that will accomplish Paloma’s dream of being nationally published and provide Julio enough money to go to college to learn how to use plants to mitigate the effects of Selva and companies like them. But their ambitions soon land Paloma in front of an impossible choice between her deep-rooted principles and Julio’s future. Brilliantly crafted with narrative echoes of itself, Ixta’s sophomore work asks difficult questions about scales of social justice and loyalty to one’s own morals. Ixta delivers a complex and all-too-relevant environmental novel suitable for fans of Brianna Craft’s We Don’t Have Time for This (2024). - Copyright 2026 Booklist.
