{"product_id":"the-moonstone-girls-brooke-skipstone-9781737006442","title":"The MoonStone Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKIRKUS STARRED REVIEW: \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA moving and romantic coming-out story and a triumphant celebration of lesbian liberation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGOLD MEDAL IPPY Award-\u003c\/strong\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER in the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGOLD MEDAL READERS FAVORITE Award\u003c\/strong\u003e-Young Adult Coming of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy should have been a boy. Even her older brother Spencer says so, though he wouldn't finish the thought with, \"And I should have been a girl.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough both feel awkward in their own skin, they have to face who they are-queers in the late 60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen both are caught with gay partners, their lives and futures are endangered by their homophobic father as their mother struggles to defend them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the Vietnam War threatens to take Spencer away, Tracy and her father wage a war of their own, each trying to save the sweet, talented pianist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt seventeen, Tracy dresses as a boy and leaves her parents in turmoil, with only the slimmest hope of finding peace within herself. She journeys to a girl with a guitar, calling to her from a photo, \"Come to Alaska. We'd be great friends.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe even The MoonStone Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooke Skipstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737006448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737006442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skipstone Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Honorable Mention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022","brand":"Brooke Skipstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051573014783,"sku":"9781737006442","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3a7ce3e-66c9-4eae-9b7e-dede4fc4e528.jpg?v=1685013887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-moonstone-girls-brooke-skipstone-9781737006442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}