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367 pp.
| HarperCollins/Tegen |
February, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-269131-6$17.99
(2)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Dani is the new Primera (one wife of two who manages the husband's household and aids in his career) to a wealthy aspiring politician. But the identification papers that place Dani's origin on the advantageous side of the border wall are a forgery. Mejia's inventive dystopian world is full of clear references to our own. Frequent twists, questions of whom to trust, and a clandestine queer romance make for a page-turner.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2019