The moon within / Aida Salazar ; [illustrations, Joe Cepeda].
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 231 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338283372
- 1338283375
- 9781338283389
- 1338283383
- Racially mixed children -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- 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
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Salazar Aida | Available | 33111009381241 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Salazar Aida | Available | 33111009605896 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar. ****Four starred reviews!**** * "A worthy successor to Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret set in present-day Oakland." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be? A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.
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.