Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG (Kissing); Violence: PG (animal/predator refer to eating it's kill or dragging a carcass, also surfing accident)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
17yo Ana used to be unhoused - living in a car with her mother in a wilderness park just outside LA, where she meets Leandro, a Cuban refugee who came to the US as a boy. Ana's mother gets a better job and they move into a cottage - something permanent, and now she will go to school with Leandro. They are both interested in wildlife preservation, and start a rewilding project at their school. But a young puma who seems to come nightly near Ana's cottage intensifies the rewilding project.
Engle's novels in verse are always so well written. The romance was sweet and slow moving. I loved that this is a romance, and some of the poems were for two voices. The poems alternated in Ana's voice and Leandros voice, with the occasional poem from the voice of Leandro's therapy dog which was so enjoyable. A quick read, with a nice story and i even learned a thing or two about wildlife bridges. Both Ana and Leandro are Cuban
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