Sketchy Tacos

By Meg D. Gonzalez

Description:

Mila’s summer in Mexico is going to be perfect. She has a plan. If only life would stick to it.After facing everything from a flash flood to Moctezuma’s revenge, from a romantic date for two to a gaggle of snide girls, teenage artist Mila Gulick finds the biggest challenge comes from the war within herself. Her heart, her art, and even her safety are at risk as she struggles to find a balance between cultural differences, old assumptions, and strange romance. Will her trip end in disaster or will she find the strength for which she’s been searching?

Book Takeaway:

You don't have to be perfect to draw close to God. He loves you just the way you are.

Why the author wrote this book:

When Meg accepted Alan Gonzalez’s offer of a dance, she began on a journey that pulled her out of her sheltered life and into a big and beautiful world. Living in Mexico for a year showed her a whole new side of the country she’s only seen depicted in cartoons or on the news. The rich culture and varied landscape captured her imagination, and she just knew she had to share.

The dramatic setting formed the perfect backdrop for the question that plagues thousands of girls graduating high school and college each year: What will I do with my life and how will God fit into it?

Meg loves YA fiction because she believes it can impact teenagers at a crucial stage. Teens are beginning to break from their parents’ beliefs and form their own. They face more freedom and more temptation. Meg believes that fiction can reach them in a way that little else can because it does not preach at them, but instead demonstrates through characters’ actions the rewards and consequences of their choices.