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Sanctuary
Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/PRH
ISBN: 978-1984815712
Keywords: Colombian-Americans, immigration, dystopia, LGBTQIA+, refugees, Latinx discrimination, family, deportation
Vali, 16, and her brother flee from Vermont to California, after her mother is captured by the Deportation Force; a horrifying picture of a 2032 dystopian USA.