Individuals born on the side facing the sea receive the short end of the stick: a life of violence and starvation. Set in an indistinct future, the island of Medio is split in half by a wall. “ We Set the Dark on Fire” by Tehlor Kay Mejia has taken both the dystopian genre and the YA community by storm, highlighting both queer and Latinx representation, all while depicting a story of rebellion, love and a male-dominated society. From “ The Hunger Games” to “Divergent” and everything in between, stories about worlds other than our own, which could potentially become the future, entice a large audience of younger readers. Dystopian novels seem to be the highlight of YA literature.
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