Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
La luna dentro de mí
Call Number
- SPANISH J SALA (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2020
Physical Description
231 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable 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--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.
Notes
"Originally published in English as The moon within."--Copyright page.
Subjects
- Racially mixed children > Juvenile fiction.
- Racially mixed families > Juvenile fiction.
- Puberty rites > Juvenile fiction.
- Menstrual cycle > Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
- Transgender children > Juvenile fiction.
- Life change events > Juvenile fiction.
- Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
- Racially mixed people > Fiction.
- Puberty > Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
- Transgender people > Fiction.
- Best friends > Fiction.
- Friendship > Fiction.
- Spanish language materials.