Israel Moya
Israel Moya roots for underdogs and loves to write about them. As a child, his mother's mystical tales about life in Mexico shaped his imagination, and his own stories capture that spirit. His professional journey has been a whirlwind adventure in classrooms as a teacher, in the Amazon jungle championing environmental justice, and in refugee camps protecting the rights of children. He was the first in his family to graduate college and has degrees from Bakersfield College, UCLA, and the University of Michigan Law School. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan. Monarchs in the Wild is his first novel. He can be found at israelmoya.com.
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Monarchs in the Wild
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Monarchs in the Wild
By Israel MoyaView DetailsHardcover available June 2, 2026
After witnessing the tragic death of a classmate, seventeen-year-old Cal desperately searches for a way out of his blink-and-you'll-miss-it rural town of La Sombra, California--before he, too, becomes a nobody-migrant statistic.
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