A Nearer Moon
By Melanie Crowder Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 160 Lexile: 960L Age Range: 8 – 12 Years ABOUT In a small river village where the water is cursed, a girl’s bravery could mean the difference between life and death in this magical story of “perseverance and hope” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from the author of Parched and Audacity. Along a lively river, in a village raised on stilts, lives a girl named Luna. All her life she has heard tales of the time before the dam appeared, when sprites danced in the currents and no one got the mysterious wasting illness from...
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