A Cool Moonlight
Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila's spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark, only venturing outside after the sun has set and the moon's cool light shines. Almost every night, she is visited by two young girls who wear tutus over...
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Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila's spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark, only venturing outside after the sun has set and the moon's cool light shines. Almost every night, she is visited by two young girls who wear tutus over their jeans and costume fairy wings, and the three of them dance and tell wonderful stories. But while Lila adores her family and her new friends, still she longs to feel the sun's touch. Lila's mysterious friends have promised to help her . . . but how?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142402849 (0142402842)
Publish date: April 21st 2005
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
This is an intriguing premise, and possibly a book we can use with school-age kids this summer. Johnson's imagery is beautiful, as always, but I'm struggling with the audience for this book. Lila is eight, but I think a more mature audience will understand this better (and not be as bothered by the ...
Ah, such a cute little read. I like this book. It was short but very sweet. I've never read a book that was centered around the disease Xeroderma Pigmentosum so I was interested in Angela Johnson's spin on the rare skin disease. However, this is by no means a dark book. It was very light and sometim...
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