The Moon Within
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2020.
Format: Book
Description: 229 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.
Subjects:
Racially mixed children -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction.
Puberty -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction.
Menstrual cycle -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Transgender children -- Juvenile fiction.
Life change events -- Juvenile fiction.
Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed children -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction.
Puberty -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction.
Menstrual cycle -- Rites and ceremonies -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Transgender children -- Juvenile fiction.
Life change events -- Juvenile fiction.
Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 960L
ISBN:
1338283383
Rainbow Book List, 2020. https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1331