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Author:

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Title:

Beneath a meth moon : an elegy / Jacqueline Woodson.

Publisher:

Speak,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

xvii, 188 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Bereavement--Juvenile fiction.
Methamphetamine abuse--Juvenile fiction.
Grief--Juvenile fiction.
Drug abuse--Juvenile fiction.
Bereavement--Fiction.
Methamphetamine abuse--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Drug abuse--Fiction.
Bereavement--Fiction.
Methamphetamine--Fiction.
Drug abuse--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.

Summary:

Laurel Daneau, having lost her mother, grandmother, and home in Hurricane Katrina, thinks things are going well with her new life as a cheerleader and the girlfriend of basketball star T-Boom, but after T-Boom introduces her to meth and she finds the drug helps her deal with her past, Laurel must rely on the help of an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee to overcome the addiction.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012
School Library Journal starred, February 2012
Pub Weekly, January 2012
Booklist, December 2011
Kirkus Starred, January 2012
Horn Book, March 2012
Wilson's Senior High School
School Library Journal starred
Pub Weekly

ISBN:

0329973231
9780329973230 (Follett bdg.)
0142423920
9780142423929 (pbk.)

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)