Bibliograph

The moon within, Aida Salazar ; [illustrations, Joe Cepeda]

Type

Label

The moon within, Aida Salazar ; [illustrations, Joe Cepeda]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

960L, LexileSentence length: 5 (very hard), Word frequency: 1 (very easy), Lexile

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The moon within

Oclc number

1034576509

Responsibility statement

Aida Salazar ; [illustrations, Joe Cepeda]

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 3.0.

Summary

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

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