Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

New York, New York : Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2020.

Format: Book

Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.

Description: 415 pages ; 22 cm

Artemisia (Sia) Martinez's mother was deported to Mexico by ICE and disappeared in the Sonoran Desert trying to make it back to her American family; Sia believes that she was as-good-as murdered by ICE and the sheriff in their small Arizona town on the edge of the national park, and wants revenge against him and his son, Jeremy--but her search for the truth will uncover many more secrets than she counted on.

Subjects:
Science fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Teen fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Teen fiction.
Racism -- Teen fiction.
Secrecy -- Teen fiction.
Missing persons -- Teen fiction.
Mothers -- Teen fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Teen fiction.
Alien abduction -- Teen fiction.
Secrets -- Teen fiction.

Target Audience: Ages 12 and Up.

ISBN: 9781534448636