Secret Side of Empty

THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is a young adult novel about M.T., a high school senior who is is undocumented. As a straight-A student with a budding romance and loyal best friend, M.T.’s life seems as apple-pie American as her blondish hair and pale skin. But she hides two facts to the contrary: her full name of Monserrat Thalia and her status as an undocumented immigrant.

The author knows of the subject though growing up in a different era. Slips a bit late, but on the whole, good first novel with a main character we can relate to.