"This is the Year" is a YA science fiction novel by Gloria Muñoz. 17 year old Julieta is still dealing with the accidental death of her twin sister, Ofelia, which happened a year ago. Julieta pulled away from her friend group and now that school is restarting, she begins to reach out. She doesn't know what she wants to do or how she still fits in without her sister. When Cometa, a privately funded space mission comes to the school to recruit potential New American teenages, she applies and is accepted. The book is set in the future where climate change has and is wreaking havoc: constant tornados, hurricaines, temperature changes, animals becoming extinct. Muñoz brings up a lot of hard topics: climate change, death of a loved one, exploitation of lower classes. The book deals with all of these topics well, though it is a heavy book. A must buy for all YA collections.