Writer Julio Anta and artist Jacoby Salcedo, the dynamic team behind the young adult graphic novel Frontera, take readers on a gripping and inspiring journey filled with high stakes and heart as Jaime embraces his new calling as Blue Beetle! Jaime Reyes is an ordinary high school student in El Paso, Texas, with a deep love for his family, culture, and home, and loves nothing more than his neighborhoodās spontaneous gatherings that go late into the night. But lately, heās begun to realize that he and his border community are being used as pawns in an increasingly toxic immigration debate. The last few months have seen armed troops deployed along the U.S. and Mexico border, manufactured crackdowns at official border crossings, and a mounting resentment among a group of disaffected and reactionary youth.Jaimeās problems get even more complicated when he finds an odd bug-like artifact while stargazing. He starts feeling a little differentālike thereās another voice in his head pushing him toward his most base instincts. And to make matters worse, heās been having surreal dreams that show him that the true threat El Paso faces isnāt āillegal aliensā but actual aliens known as the Reach. In fact, according to his dreams, Jaime is meant to pave the way for the Reachās impending invasion!
