From award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift, Mark Oshiro, comes a Latinx coming-of-age fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love. Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village’s stories into its arid winds. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo’s wish is granted. When she and Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town’s murderous conqueror, set out on a magical journey across the desert, they find their hearts could be a match…if they can survive the terrors that arise when the sun goes down.
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