![]() ![]() In this poem-scene, the main character, Celi, is at the movies with Iván, an older boy she likes. Let’s take a look at a poem that makes especially effective use of white space. One technique that Aida Salazar employs is playing around with white space. Verse novelists can use all sorts of evocative poetic techniques. We’re so excited to feature this lovely, empowering book! The Moon Within is a novel in verse, which means the narrative is composed of free verse poems that join together to create scenes. The Moon Within is a dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar, and it received four starred reviews. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be? It’s an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. And her best friend’s exploration of what it means to be genderfluid.īut most of all, her mother’s insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. Here’s a bit about the book:Ĭeli Rivera’s life swirls with questions. Our May book club pick for Middle Grade at Heart is Aida Salazar’s beautiful debut, The Moon Within. Middle Grade at Heart Writer’s Toolbox: The Evocative Use of White Space in THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar The Middle Heart newsletter will go out on August 19th, with the Twitter chat to follow on August 27th! In her hilarious, moving middle-grade debut, Remy Lai delivers a scrumptious combination of vibrant graphic art and pitch-perfect writing that will appeal to fans of Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Real Friends, Kelly Yang’s Front Desk, and Jerry Craft’s New Kid. As Jingwen and Yanghao bake elaborate cakes, they’ll have to cook up elaborate excuses to keep the cake making a secret from Mama. The only problem is his mother has laid down one major rule: the brothers are not to use the oven while she’s at work. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly passed away. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn’t speak English, and he’s often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he’s landed on Mars. heartwarming and rib-tickling.” ―Terri Libenson, bestselling author of Invisible Emmie “Pie in the Sky is like enjoying a decadent cake. MG at Heart Book Club’s August Pick: PIE IN THE SKY, by Remy LaiĪ poignant, laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old boy’s immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang! Illness, child protective services, single parenting, sexuality-whileĮffortlessly weaving in elements of the life and works of Vincent van Gogh,Ĭreating a thoughtful, age-appropriate and impressive novel.” “Melleby deftly tackles weighty topics-mental A thoughtful portrayal of mental illness with queer content Is to watch someone in a dangerously manic state, but the narrative never tips “Melleby doesn’t shy away from how terrifying it Other in this moving novel, and readers will root for Fig every step of the “Father and daughter find their way back to each Sickness and the social challenges of tween girlhood, including her first crush Portrait of a daughter searching for constancy while negotiating her father’s “Melleby’s debut offers a tender, earnest And more than anything else, it is a story about love-both its limits and its incredible healing power. Nicole Melleby’s Hurricane Season is a radiant and tender novel about taking risks and facing danger, about friendship and art, and about growing up and coming out. and begins to compose her own definition of family. But with the help of her best friend, a cute girl at the library, and a surprisingly kind new neighbor, Fig learns she isn’t as alone as she once thought. Not only does the class not bring Fig closer to understanding him, it brings social services to their door.Īs the walls start to fall around her, Fig is sure it’s up to her alone to solve her father’s problems and protect her family’s privacy. Then Fig’s dad shows up at school, confused and looking for her. More than anything, Fig wants to see the world through her father’s eyes, so she takes an art class to experience life as an artist does. Hurricane months bring unpredictable good and bad days. Her father, a once-renowned piano player, sometimes goes looking for the music in the middle of a storm. She does not love the long months of hurricane season. For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music.įor Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster.įig, a sixth grader, loves her dad and the home they share in a beachside town. ![]()
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