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Salazar, Aida,

The moon within / Aida Salazar ; [illustrations, Joe Cepeda]. - First edition. - 231 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

"Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Indigenous Mexican is secretive about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion; she must choose loyalty to her life-long best friend who is contemplating an even more profound change of life or the boy she likes"--

ISBN: 9781338283372 1338283375 9781338283389 1338283383

LCCN: 2018017565

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Racially mixed children--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed families--Juvenile fiction.
Puberty--Rites and ceremonies--Juvenile fiction.
Menstrual cycle--Rites and ceremonies--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Transgender children--Juvenile fiction.
Life change events--Juvenile fiction.
Best friends--Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Racially mixed people--Fiction.
Ethnicity--Fiction.
Puberty--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Transgender people--Fiction.
Best friends--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.5.S23 / Mo 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6 Fic