num_pages: 272
description: In a haunting genre-bending YA award-winning author Lilliam Rivera explores the social and racial ramifications of an alien invasion from the perspective of three Latinx teens.Pedro Luna and Rafa may attend Fairfax High School together in Los Angeles but they run in separate spheres. Pedro is often told that he's too much and seeks refuge from his home life in a local drag bar. Luna is pretending to go along with the popular crowd but is still grieving the unexpected passing of her beloved cousin Tasha. Then there's Rafa the quiet new kid who is hiding the fact that his family is homeless.But Pedro Luna and Rafa find themselves thrown together when an extraterrestrial visitor lands in their city and takes the form of Luna's cousin Tasha. As the Visitor causes destruction wherever it goes the three teens struggle to survive and warn others of what's coming--because this Visitor is only the first of many. But who is their true enemy--this alien or their fellow humans? Can Pedro Luna and Rafa find a way to save a world that has repeatedly proven it doesn't want to save them?Pura Belpr Honor-winning author Lilliam Rivera examines the days before a War of the Worlds-inspired alien invasion in this captivating and chilling new novel.
language: English
title: We Light Up the Sky
publisher: Bloomsbury YA