I loved how it talked about the tradition of “El Dia de los Muertos,” which is mostly known as a Mexican culture tradition, but that according to this book, many other cultures in Latin America celebrate. I’d like to start by saying that this story was a super quick read–I finished it in two days. This is a story about acceptance, fighting for a place that’s rightfully yours, and the changing of traditions. The only way that Julian agrees to go to the land of the dead is if Yadriel helps him find his friends to figure out if they’re okay. Julian is a ghost who has no idea why he died and can’t remember much about his death either. Then all of the sudden, someone goes missing and in the middle of looking for the missing person, Yadriel and his best friend Maritza find Julian. All Yadriel wanted was to be accepted as who he was, a boy and brujo, but because of their traditions, it’s been really hard for him to be accepted. Brujx are people that can see ghosts and that help transfers souls to the land of the dead after a person has died. In this book, we follow the story of Yadriel, a trans boy born into his very traditional Mexican family that comes from a long line of Brujx.
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