A review by jbojkov
We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

3.0

I would call this realistic fiction with a splash of sci/fi. The story is mostly about three teens and their problems- grief, homelessness, and adults who don’t understand or are down right hostile. Then a “visitor” arrives and the story takes a sci/fi turn. The last third of the book or so is more a metaphor about how to heal our society- it still least that’s how it came across to me. I enjoyed this book, but thought it didn’t quite live up to what seemed like the plan. Hand this to readers who want something a little different from a usual YA realistic read.