Beneath a Meth Moon
laurel would do anything to turn back time — to tell her mother and grandmother not to stay home near the beach with a hurricane coming to say no when her boyfriend, T-Boom, the co-captain of the basketball team, offers her that first hit of moon — the drug that makes her feel bigger than all...
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laurel would do anything to turn back time — to tell her mother and grandmother not to stay home near the beach with a hurricane coming to say no when her boyfriend, T-Boom, the co-captain of the basketball team, offers her that first hit of moon — the drug that makes her feel bigger than all she’s lost to have been there for her little brother and her best friend, Kaylee, when they needed her, instead of chasing the moon But she can’t. All she can do is move forward now. And only she can decide whether to face the pain and joy that is a part of living, or follow the moon to numbness and probably death. Only she can decide to choose to be there for her family and friends — or give them another thing to grieve. Kaylee says, “Write an elegy to the past . . . and move on.” She says it’s all about moving on . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142423929 (0142423920)
ASIN: 142423920
Publish date: February 7th 2013
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Survival,
Realistic Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Death,
High School
Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she’s still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel’s new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captai...
(4.5 stars, deducted a few points for personal quibbles with the way the story is told and that some parts felt kind of glossed over. But seriously. Immensely compelling story from an author whose every work seems to be gold.)The horror of this book comes on slowly and without being graphic and extr...
Gritty. Laurel loses her mother and grandmother in a flood. After living with her aunt for a couple of years, she moves to a little town called Galilee with her father and brother. Now 15, she becomes a cheerleader and starts dating the star basketball player. Unfortunately, T-Boom introduces her t...
3.5 stars I was a little reluctant to pick up this book when I first saw it because it was a lot different from the genres I usually read. But I wanted to try something new, so I made a trip to the library and luckily, the book was there, like it was waiting for me all along lol.So yeah, it's basica...
3.5 stars. As you can probably guess from the premise, this book is gritty, dark, and very sad. Considering the subject matter revolves around meth and a lot of personal hurt, I can’t say I “liked” this book, but I did enjoy reading Laurel’s story.The writing: This is very fast-paced, which was nice...
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