Blood Moon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536215038)

This powerful, timely novel in verse exposes provocative truths about periods, sex, shame, and going viral for all the wrong reasons.

After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin--and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie's universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly not Benjamin, the only one who knows about the incident. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over?

Author Lucy Cuthew vividly portrays what it is to be a teen today with this fearless and ultimately uplifting novel in verse. Brimming with emotion, the story captures the intensity of friendships, first love, and female desire, while unflinchingly exploring the culture of online and menstrual shaming. Sure to be a conversation starter, Blood Moon is the unforgettable portrait of one girl's fight to reclaim her reputation and to stand up against a culture that says periods are dirty.

Author: Lucy Cuthew
ISBN-10: 1536215031
ISBN-13: 9781536215038
Publisher: Walker Books Us
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2020
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.20w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 68
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2020
Booklist 09/01/2020 pg. 97