A review by heykellyjensen
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina

This was a little less magical realism that I expected (and honestly, I'd argue it's 100% realistic). But this is well-done read about immigration, about trying to get out of the situation you're in, and the extremes that people who experience poverty will go to for the promise of a better life. It's ultimately an immigrant story, but it's also a story about a girl who a small town believes can heal and solve the community's problems. . . putting her in a precarious situation of never feeling like she gets to live for herself.