Moonflower (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338636598)

Kacen Callender, National Book Award winner of King and the Dragonflies, delivers a stunning novel that invites readers into a child's struggles with mental health, and their journey to wholeness.

Moon's depression is overwhelming. Therapy doesn't help, and Moon is afraid that their mom hates them because they're sad. Moon's only escape is traveling to the spirit realms every night, where they hope they'll never return to the world of the living again.

The spirit realm is where they have their one and only friend, Wolf, and where they're excited to experience an infinite number of adventures. But when the realm is threatened, it's up to Moon to save the spirit world.

With the help of celestial beings and guard-ians, Moon battles monsters and shadows, and through their journey, they begin to learn that a magical adventure of love and acceptance awaits them in the world of the living, too.

This story of hope shows readers that our souls blossom when we realize that we are as worthy and powerful as the universe itself.

Author: Kacen Callender
ISBN-10: 1338636596
ISBN-13: 9781338636598
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515609 / Moonflower


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 07/18/2022
Booklist 07/01/2022 pg. 78
Shelf Awareness 11/25/2022
School Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 84
BookPage 08/01/2022