I read this book because it appears on the NYPL Banned Book Club for Teens list, and I am a little confused about why it was banned. Is it because it illustrates what immigration is like? The post apocalyptic environment? Is it the super slow burning barely hinted at Sapphic romance? Mystery to me. 

I ended up liking this book as a way of thinking about faith and what it means to follow a god that seems to have abandoned you. I think that way of communicating was so interesting. I also liked how Xochitl realized that people were often using her and her gift as a way of just getting away with being bad. It is so slow though, so I can understand why people give up on it.