Abby Sher

Paola Mendoza

In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tía Luna in the sanctuary state of California.

Sanctuary

This book addresses such an important topic, but the corniness of how it is written felt annoying and made it uneasy for me to symphatise with the main character 

Polina 

Stephanie Ridiculous

Brutal, and totally plausible. This is akin to the Handmaid's Tale, but if it was about xenophobia & racism.

Sarahi Flores

Hold still my heart because this took a toll on me I really loved this book because it captures all the problems we are basically facing at the moment. This is a works of fiction but some things has already happened. This is a scary realization how American can be going towards this path.A dystopian novel that basically makes you fear for your safety and the safety of you loved ones. A piece of paper that determines your status to this so call Land of the Free.Paola and Abby did a great job capturing the emotion and distress of what it is to survive and how far anyone would go to find Sanctuary. I cried so much because despite being a group of make believe characters, they portray the real lives of what some people are actually going through.Vali, the protagonist, had no choice but find a way to find he way across states for Sanctuary with her little brother. Imagine that. With no parents and no way of a safe passage. That's scary and I felt for themInstead of picking up a book such as, American Dirt, why not pick up this book? This is more real as it can get with America. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. It's something you don't want to put down and it will just see things differently.

Charmaine

This book was so powerful. It opened my eyes to the injustices of the world — terrible and upsetting. But despite all of this, there are still survivors. People who fight and fight for a better future.

Lauren Lopez

4.5 stars - I was anticipating this book and it was everything I hoped it would be. A truly harrowing and edge of your seat story that you won’t be able to put down.

Samantha Bass

I was given an ARC of this book by Penguin Teen through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Unfortunately, I had to DNF this book. Reading the description, I was interested in reading this book and gaining a different perspective on this issue. What I failed to realize was that there is a lot of anxiety and paranoia that people face when trying to avoid being discovered. While the writing and plot was very good, the paranoia and anxiety from the characters was too much for me. It started to set off my anxiety which made it very difficult for me to read what was happening. I stopped at almost halfway through the book and I will disregard the anxiety I felt to review based on the content I read, which was really good. 

The system set up in this world is unique but realistic. While terrifying, the idea that the government has control over all media to show what they want seems to be something that may happen if we're not careful. The chip implants are also something we may face, not just for identification though, but for other technological purposes too. This book takes place in 2032 and reads like 1984 does - a warning to people that these events may happen if we're not careful with how we deal with things. Especially things we disagree on. 

Overall, if it wasn't for my anxiety I would have liked this book. I like books that challenge certain ideas and bring a new perspective. It was both well written and well plotted and I'm sad I can't finish it. Definitely give this book a read.

Sanctuary

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