Into the Light -- Mark Oshiro - Hardcover

KEEP YOUR SECRETS CLOSE TO HOME

It's been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving--and keep him alive. Now, he's taking a chance on a traveling situation with the Varela family, whose attractive but surly son, Carlos, seems to promise a new future.

Eli abides by the rules of his family, living in a secluded community that raised him to believe his obedience will be rewarded. But an unsettling question slowly eats away at Eli's once unwavering faith in Reconciliation: Why can't he remember his past?

But the reported discovery of an unidentified body in the hills of Idyllwild, California, will draw both of these young men into facing their biggest fears and confronting their own identity--and who they are allowed to be.

For fans of Courtney Summers and Tiffany D. Jackson, Into the Light is a ripped-from-the-headlines story with Oshiro's signature mix of raw emotions and visceral prose--but with a startling twist you'll have to read to believe.

Author: Mark Oshiro
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: 03/28/2023
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.75w x 1.57d
ISBN: 9781250812254
Age Range: 13-18

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/16/2023
Booklist 03/01/2023 pg. 53
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2023
Shelf Awareness 03/31/2023

About the Author
MARK OSHIRO is the award-winning Latinx queer author of Anger Is a Gift, Each of Us a Desert, as well as their middle grade books The Insiders and You Only Live Once, David Bravo. They are the coauthor (with Rick Riordan) of the upcoming Nico di Angelo adventure book. When not writing, they are trying to pet every dog in the world.