The Trouble with Half a Moon Hardback - 2011
by Danette Vigilante Vigilante
Ever since her brotherÕs death, Dellie's life has beenquiet and sad. Her mother cries all the time and Dellielives with the horrible guilt that the accident thatkilled her brother may have been all her fault.But Dellie's world begins to change when newneighbors move into her housing project building.Suddenly men are fighting on the stoop and gunfireis sounding off in the night. In the middle of all thattrouble is Corey, an abused five-year-old boy, whoÕsoften left home alone and hungry. Dellie strikesup a dangerous friendship with this little boy whoreminds her so much of her brother. She wonders ifshe can do for Corey what she couldn't do for herbrotherÑsave him.Starkly and affectingly written, The Trouble withHalf a Moon is a sparkling and memorable debut.
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Ever since her brother's death, Dellie's life has been quiet and sad. Her mother cries all the time and Dellie lives with the horrible guilt that the accident that killed her brother may have been all her fault.
But Dellie's world begins to change when new neighbors move into her housing project building. Suddenly men are fighting on the stoop and gunfire is sounding off in the night. In the middle of all that trouble is Corey, an abused five-year-old boy, who's often left home alone and hungry. Dellie strikes up a dangerous friendship with this little boy who reminds her so much of her brother. She wonders if she can do for Corey what she couldn't do for her brother-save him.
Starkly and affectingly written, The Trouble with Half a Moon is a sparkling and memorable debut.
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- Title The Trouble with Half a Moon
- Author Danette Vigilante Vigilante
- Binding Hardback
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
- Publication date 2011-01-06
- ISBN 9780399251597 / 0399251596
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 4.7 x 0.7 in (23.62 x 11.94 x 1.78 cm)
- Age range 10 to UP years
- Grade levels 5 - UP
- Reading level 600
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects City and town life, Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010007377
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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