02436cam a2200397 i 4500 623560030 TxAuBib 20230119120000.0 220210s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593372807 0593372808 9780593372791 hardcover 0593372794 hardcover (OCoLC)1296166747 YDX YDX eng eng rda rda YDX rda rda JAS YDX IUK OCLCF GZD TxAuBib JAS IUK OCLCF GZD TxAuBib rda Gonzalez, Christina Diaz, 1969-, author. The Bluest Sky / By Christina Diaz Gonzalez. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 314 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It's the only way to survive in communist Cuba--especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Héctor must always be seen as a fierce supporter of the regime, even if that means loudly rejecting the father he still loves. But in the summer of 1980, those two versions are hard to keep separate. No longer able to suppress a public uprising, the Cuban government says it will open the port of Mariel to all who wish to leave the country--if they can find a boat. But choosing to leave comes with a price. Those who want to flee are denounced as traitors by family and friends. There are violent acts of repudiation, and no one knows if they will truly be allowed to leave the country or not. In a summer of heat and upheaval, danger and deadly consequences, Héctor's two worlds are on a collision course. Will the impact destroy him and everything he loves?"-- Amazon.com. 650L Lexile. Decoding demand: 96 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 91 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile. 20230119. Exiles Fiction. Refugees Juvenile fiction. Families Cuba Juvenile fiction. Cuba History Juvenile fiction. Cuba Social conditions 1959-1990 Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. TXKPL