How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

Moon Fuentez is a Mexican American teenager who has accepted her place in the background. Her twin sister has become a social media star, and Moon, who thinks of herself as the ugly, unwanted sibling, expects to spend her life as the sister's camerawoman.

This summer she also takes a job as the merch girl on a tour bus crowded with beautiful influencers. The trip carries her across the country, and the role she has assigned herself starts to loosen.

Her bunkmate is Santiago Phillips, who is grumpy, combative and the best-looking guy Moon has ever seen. She is sure she hates him and sure he feels the same. Chance, fate and the cramped quarters of the bus keep putting them in each other's way, and Moon begins to doubt her certainty.

This is a contemporary young adult romance built on an enemies-to-lovers dynamic, set on a summer road trip. Moon's own view of herself, as someone unnoticed and unloved, is under pressure alongside her feelings about Santiago. The book won the Pura Belpré Award.