Serious Moonlight (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534425149)

"An atmospheric, multilayered, sex-positive romance." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she's cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel.

In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel's charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where Birdie waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he's stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer--never before seen in public--might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel.

To uncover the writer's puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell...discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.

Author: Jenn Bennett
ISBN-10: 1534425144
ISBN-13: 9781534425149
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2019
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511683 / Serious Moonlight


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2019
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2019 pg. 140
Booklist 03/01/2019 pg. 52
School Library Journal 04/01/2019 pg. 84
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Publishers Weekly 05/20/2019