Texas author to release middle-grade sci-fi novel... based on a true story
Authors draw experience from real life to distill into their works. This is true for Kyle-based author Adrianna Cuevas, who based her high-interest middle grade on the real-life events in 1952 Lampasas when the army took over the whole town.
Combining fact with fiction, Cuevas tells the story of Pineda Matlage and his friends in the rural Texas town of Soledad. Pineda starts out just hoping to get through the school year, but class becomes disrupted when American soldiers descend upon the town, carrying out a training exercise that will take over everything from Pineda’s school to the local government.
But Pineda knows the real reason for the soldiers’ arrival. For days, he’s hidden a strange creature who fell from the sky, an alien he promised to reunite with her family, a seemingly impossible task now that there are armed soldiers on every street corner and checkpoints at every crossroad.
To complicate matters, Pineda and his friends learn the true nature of the army’s presence: a coverup for capturing his alien friend.
With the help of his friends, a Black soldier adjusting to a newly-integrated army and townspeople who want the return of their quiet, tiny town, Pineda and all of Soledad will embark on an adventure none of them ever expected.
“What Fell From The Sky” by Adrianna Cuevas will be available Feb. 11, and is currently available for preorder at us.macmillan.com/ books/9780374390440/ whatfellfromthesky/adriannacuevas. com/ or directly from the author at adriannacuevas.com.
