{"id":327391,"date":"2025-12-02T08:28:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/review-of-the-bluest-sky-by-christina-diaz-gonzalez-sonderbooks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:28:28","slug":"review-of-the-bluest-sky-by-christina-diaz-gonzalez-sonderbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=327391","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Bluest Sky, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez \u2013 Sonderbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bluest_sky_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bluest_sky_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45907\"\/><\/a><em>The Bluest Sky<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Christina Diaz Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.  314 pages.<br \/>Review written September 11, 2025, from a library book.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bluest Sky<\/em> is the story of Hector, a Cuban boy in 1980 who dreams of getting on the National Math Olympiad Team.  But he wonders if the politics of his father, who spent time in prison and now lives in America, will outweigh that of his grandmother, who is a high official in the Communist party.<\/p>\n<p>There are rumors that the government is allowing more people to leave Cuba.  But they are rousing communities against the non-patriotic scum who would do so.  Hector loves his country and his friends and doesn\u2019t understand why anyone would leave.<\/p>\n<p>And then his mother tells him that she has applied for exit visas to join his father, whom Hector hardly knows.<\/p>\n<p>The story that follows is full of ups and downs and conflict.  It builds toward the Mariel boat lift, when Cuban prisoners were added to the boats of refugees.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a window into a difficult time and tough decisions.  I had heard of the Mariel boat lift, but hadn\u2019t realized it was so recent \u2013 and that Hector would have been younger than me, so folks from that episode of history are still alive in America today.  I appreciate that fictional eyes can help kids understand what it must have been like to live that historical moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.com\/\">christinagonzalez.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhcbooks.com\/\">rhcbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0593372824\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/bluest_sky.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Fiction\/bluest_sky.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?page_id=23\">Subscribe<\/a> for more reviews and talk about books.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation: What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez Alfred A. 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