The Moon Without Stars
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Publisher Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Newbery Honor–winning author of Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All explores the way growing up, finding friends, and discovering who you are can be both awkward and empowering in this heartfelt middle school novel.
★ "Genuine and poignant; has the makings of a modern classic.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
At the beginning of seventh grade, Luna knows who she is: an observant, quiet girl who loves writing and making zines with her best friend, Scott. But when one of their zines takes off, Luna is somehow swept up into the popular group and learns just how much of herself she's going to have to compromise to stay there. Will she give up her writing? Her best friend? What about her own beliefs about who she is and what she stands for?
Featuring author-illustrator Chanel Miller’s signature line drawings, The Moon Without Stars is a deeply personal and often funny novel about what it means to lose and then find yourself again during the vulnerable, life-changing years of middle school.
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A seventh grader jeopardizes everything she likes about herself for a chance at popularity in this sensitive novel by Miller (Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All). Luna believes in "language as a balm for emotional wounds" and frequently lends her classmates books that she believes will help alleviate issues with pet loss, irrational fear, self-image, and more. When a teacher demonstrates how to make a zine, Luna teams up with her best friend Scott to create her own "literary prescriptions." Following the zine's success, the "genetically blessed" popular girls of Luna's Bay Area school invite Luna to join their ranks. Though it means growing apart from Scott, Luna—tired of classmates viewing her as "Calm as water on a lake. Tasteless as a wafer. Quiet as a moth"—accepts their offer. But when the girls begin creating zines to criticize others, Luna risks losing the thing that allowed her to support those in need. Subtle, original, and lightly suspenseful, Luna's journey toward learning to balance the complex ins and outs of social interaction with her own desires will resonate with those seeking community and understanding. Luna is half Chinese and half white; Scott reads as white. Ages 10–up.
