Salazar, Aida,

The moon within / Aida Salazar. - First edition. - 231 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781338283372 1338283375 9781338283389 1338283383

LCCN: 2018017565

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

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Novels in verse.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6 Fic