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Laugh with the Moon

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Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List.

Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother’s recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.
Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, wher...more

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Published June 12th 2012 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Jul 30, 2012 Melanie Swider rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mid-grd-novels, global-awareness, summer-reading-2012, social-issues, inspiring-characters, 2012-favorites

Powerful book that fills us with an important level of awareness about life in other countries. Taken place in current day life with smart boards, cell phones, and state testing, the character's life is uplifted to Africa with her father who is a doctor. Although she absolutely dreaded going to Africa in the beginning, her thinking, beliefs, and mindset transformed through her experiences with the people living in the villages.
A must read book!

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Jan 30, 2013 Cindy Hudson rated it 5 of 5 stars

The last place thirteen-year-old Clare wants to be is on an airplane with her dad heading to a village in Malawi, Africa for two months. She’s still grieving over her mother’s unexpected death nearly a year ago, and she’s angry that her dad seems to be moving on with his life. She’s determined not to like anything about Africa once she gets there.

But the more Clare gets to know the people in the village and learn about their lives, the more she wants to know. And in her friend, Memory, Clare may...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: tag-nominees-2012-13, ya-2012

Months after her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Clare finds herself aboard an airplane with her father headed to Malawi, where her father will volunteer for nine weeks at a government health clinic in a rural village. Her grief is still raw and her sense of injustice at being ripped away from her best friend and "normal" life in Boston is palpable. But nine weeks in Malawi bring her new friends and new experiences that open her mind and her heart.

This is a quick read and will give a reader a...more Months after her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Clare finds herself aboard an airplane with her father headed to Malawi, where her father will volunteer for nine weeks at a government health clinic in a rural village. Her grief is still raw and her sense of injustice at being ripped away from her best friend and "normal" life in Boston is palpable. But nine weeks in Malawi bring her new friends and new experiences that open her mind and her heart.

This is a quick read and will give a reader a hint of the exotic and foreign. Character growth? Yes, we predictably have that. Clare goes from being the naive, privileged "azungu" (white person) to being, well honestly, a less naive, privileged azungu. Although the basic story is interesting, it also felt superficial, like Clare and the reader were only just dipping their toes but not daring to jump all the way in. I felt that the story lacked depth and that Burg either watered it down or didn't develop it enough to begin with. Coming in at 236 pages, I feel like Burg had room to spare to flesh the story out without it becoming burdensome, preachy, or saccharine.

Although Clare is extremely mad at her father for making her come to Malawi with him, how he arrived at this decision or why is never really explained. She thinks he's getting on with his life, already past the death of his wife, her mother, while she is still fully grieving. A drive through a national wildlife park brings a brief confrontation with a pert resolution.

"He tries to put his arm around my shoulder. 'I know how painful it is,' he says. And that's when I turn on him. He doesn't know how painful it is. He's over it. Over her. Obviously. He's dancing and smiling and laughing. He's back to normal and it hasn't even been a whole year. Isn't my mother worth a year of sadness, a year of pain? 'You don't know!' I shout. 'You don't even care anymore!' I slam my fists against the dashboard, but I don't feel anything at all. And I don't feel the tears pouring down my face, yet I taste them when I try to catch my breath...Even though I didn't want him to be happy without me, suddenly I don't want him to be sad with me either. I mean what's a girl supposed to do when her father's beside her melting down?...'Grief isn't a tunnel you walk through and you're done,' I tell him." (79-81)

Perspective gained, conflict resolved in under three pages. So there is growth, but it seems shallow and while not disingenuous, forced.

Another thing that I had difficulty with as a reader is the fairly liberal peppering of Chichewa language throughout the novel, which is hard for western tongues to trip over. Sometimes the context is clear or the characters translate the meaning, but I was annoyed that I couldn't pronounce the words! As it turns out, there is a glossary with a pronunciation guide at the end of the book, which would have been better placed at the beginning or as footnotes.

Finally, I can't decide if I like or dislike the way that the extreme poverty was handled. Clare doesn't seem to react the way most westerners most likely would, let alone a pampered, wealthy teen. She has more in her backpack than has the entire village of Mkumba. And, while Burg references the extreme lack of poverty and its dire consequences, Clare seems almost oblivious to it, believing instead that the villagers are most clever in how they make do. At the beginning of the novel, Clare goes to take a shower and remarks on the stingy spray coming from the showerhead. Her dad yells at her to get out because she will be late and adds, "Not only are we running late, Clare, but you're probably using up our water supply for the next month!" (42) Water is a precious resource. No one else even has running water in their house (hut) in the village. Yet, Clare makes references to daily showers several more times in the story. That and bathroom references. "Still, why use the pit latrines behind the shops when we've got a perfectly good marble seat at our house?" (119) It would be normal to prefer the indoor bathroom, but how do you acknowledge the luxury of modern conveniences while also being completely aware of the lack of these "luxuries" and not be outraged or horrified or, at the very least, humbled by the realization? I guess what I am trying to say rather ineptly is that Clare, thirteen, from a wealthy suburb of Boston, the only child of a doctor, her mother previously a stay at home artist, has likely had a very comfortable upbringing that would ill prepare her for such a radically different life in the Malawi bush. That she takes so much in stride with remarkable diffidence is not entirely believable. Everything is different from the food, the housing, the educational system, the hygiene, to the medical care, that for Clare to take it all in amiably as a casual observer fails to hit the mark for me. Clare learns on the first day of school that the students do not have lunch during the school day. Most families cannot afford to have three meals a day. Yet Clare comes home to a housekeeper every day after school to find a snack waiting for her which doesn't stop her from grumbling about being hungry during the day and sneaking sips from her bottled water that she does not have to walk an hour to and from to obtain. Does she ever share her snack with her new friends? I can find only one reference to Memory coming to Clare's house though Clare spends time with Memory in the village. She does try to make an impact by creating a wheeled bookcart, making murals for the local clinic, and helping the youngest students learn English, but I can't help but wish that she had more culture shock, absorbed it, analyzed it, and found a way to make her life and the lives around her richer from her experiences. Burg does subtly work in a fair amount of information about poverty, malnutrition, and disease into the book, Clare is not reviled by nor compelled to change the circumstances around her much. Burg says in her author's note that she wanted to write this story as a way to share her own experiences of touring ten Malawi schools to investigate if students in these schools were getting a good education. While she does not say if she did find this to be the case, she came away impressed by how teachers and students improvised with what little they had. She also gives credit in the acknowledgements to American Jewish World Service, whose mission it is to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease around the world. In the author's note, she gives some rather alarming statistics about mortality and education. Three of the people who worked with her as consultants on the novel died from illness before the novel was published. I would have liked to have seen that worked into the fabric of the story. That may be asking too much from a middle grade book. (less)

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Sep 27, 2012 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: children, tween-novel

I would give this 2.5 stars. I approached this book with a little bit of lethargy because I get sick of books about Americans going to foreign countries and realizing how wonderful they are and how spoiled we are. This might be true, to some degree, but it is tiresome and predictable.

This book follows Clare, a 13 year old girl, and her father who spend some time in Malawi after the tragic death of Clare's mother. He is a doctor and works at a clinic and she attends school. Initially Clare is fur...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Margo Tanenbaum rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: africa, father-daughter, middle-grades

Having recently returned from my first trip to Africa, I was eager to read this new novel by author Shana Burg which takes place in Malawi. Thirteen-year old Clare has just suffered one of the worst losses a child can imagine--her mother has died, leaving her family consisting of just her and her father, a doctor who seems to care about everyone else more than Clare. At least that's the way she feels when he up and moves the two of them to rural Malawi for several months, where he will be workin...more Having recently returned from my first trip to Africa, I was eager to read this new novel by author Shana Burg which takes place in Malawi. Thirteen-year old Clare has just suffered one of the worst losses a child can imagine--her mother has died, leaving her family consisting of just her and her father, a doctor who seems to care about everyone else more than Clare. At least that's the way she feels when he up and moves the two of them to rural Malawi for several months, where he will be working at the local hospital and she will attend the local village school.

But this novel is more than a "fish out of water" story as Clare struggles to adapt to a completely foreign environment and lifestyle, where she has no cell phone coverage, must wear a totally unfashionable school uniform, and live literally in the middle of the jungle, with no condos, buses, or restaurants. She's so angry with her dad that she's giving him the silent treatment. But eventually the people of Malawi break through her broken heart, helping her to heal.

Burg, who has worked in Malawi herself with Save the Children, manages to capture the many wonders of Africa--the spirit of the people, the beauties of the landscape and animals, and the crushing poverty. Young girls will identify with Clare trying to fit in with the local girls--gossiping about boys and who likes whom seems to be a universally popular occupation--as well as her sorrows and achievements during her trip. And they'll be amazed at how the children in the local school manage with hardly any textbooks (which must be taken for safekeeping from school every day so they won't be stolen), paper, desks, or other ordinary school supplies that we take for granted, even sculpting letters out of termite mounds. Clare, like everyone else who visits Africa, I suspect, is the not the same person when she leaves.

This novel manages to combine humor (naughty monkeys and pet chickens, in particular) with the poignancy of loss in a way which is appealing to the target audience. Burg also manages to teach many lessons about Africa in a subtle manner, without seeming didactic

An author's note explains about the author's trip to Africa to investigate conditions in schools in Malawi and also discusses the challenges of medical care in this very poor country. She also includes a recipe for a Malawi treat and a glossary of Chichewa words that appear in the text. I would have liked to see a map of Africa which would have situated Malawi for the young readers, and possibly a list of nonprofits that accept contributions for medical or school projects, in the case that young people are inspired to help out for these very worthy causes as part of the back matter.

This would be a great book to add to school and public library collections--it's a contemporary story in an exotic setting that should definitely appeal to tween readers.
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Jul 24, 2012 Sandra Stiles rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: coming-of-age, middle-grades, realistic-fiction, young-adult

I can't imagine being thirteen and losing my mother. I have had many students who have had to go through this heart-rending situation. What made this story even more emotional was knowing that Clare's father pulled her from everything and everyone she knew and loved and moved her to Malawi for six months. Her father was excited to go back to a country he had worked in before. Clare had decided to give her dad the silent treatment for the entire six months. It's funny how meeting someone who has...more I can't imagine being thirteen and losing my mother. I have had many students who have had to go through this heart-rending situation. What made this story even more emotional was knowing that Clare's father pulled her from everything and everyone she knew and loved and moved her to Malawi for six months. Her father was excited to go back to a country he had worked in before. Clare had decided to give her dad the silent treatment for the entire six months. It's funny how meeting someone who has lost more than you have, and learning that there is always a silver lining if you look for it hard enough can help you heal and grow.

Clare is stubborn, intelligent, artistic and very loving. She has let the pain of losing her mother guide her for too long. In Malawai she learns she has much to offer others as well as watching as others who have lost so much more give everything. This was not an easy book to read. It is a book I will put at the front of my class on the first day of school and recommend to all of my students. I am trying to create global minded students. My students may not be able to travel to Malawi or any other country less fortunate than we are here in the USA. Through books like this one they will learn so much about what it takes to truly give of yourself. They can learn that the simplest gesture can make a difference. The fact that the book is full of information and facts because the author has been to Malawi holds great weight with me. I loved the vocabulary throughout the book. It is something else my students will love.

The book was so wonderfully written I could envision Clare's first encounter with a hippo and her shock at the school compared to her school back home. The author did a wonderful job of bringing the reader along with her to Malawi. I felt like I was a character walking beside Clare, Memory and Agnes. I will definitely read more by this author. I look for great books to recommend to my students and my parents for their children. This book is not just for middle schoolers or young adults. This is a book that even adults will enjoy. If you read no other book this year, this is the one you must read.(less)

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Apr 25, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: activism, middle-grade, contemporary

Shana Burg's Laugh with the Moon is such a complex yet simple book that packs a hefty emotional punch. (I cried while reading the last fourth of the book; and, a month later, I still get emotional just thinking about writing this review.) Before I write what may sound like criticisms (but are not!) I want to put what I will say into context. Have you ever had someone tell you a story about a "friend?" A story about something so bad or sad or hard that the insulation of the "friend" was required,...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Xander rated it 5 of 5 stars

When Claire moves to Malawi for two months because of her dad who is a doctor and works for the Global Health Project, she gives her dad the silent treatment. Her life has become terrible after her mom died eight months ago. Then Clare starts going to Mzanga Full Primary and feels out of place. Then, she meets Memory, Innocent and Saidi and becomes friends. As Claire lives in Malawi, she learns to be grateful for what she has and be happy instead of sad. This heart-warming story teaches you how...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Kathleen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Throughout every moment of this book, I felt like I was right there experiencing everything with Clare Silver. I loved this rich story about family and friendship bonds, and what is important in life. I really think the title ties into the whole book so perfectly--and you'll discover how as Clare figures out how she can fit into an African village that she is plopped down into after her mother passes and her father, a doctor, is now working in a malaria stricken hospital. The characters were so...more

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Oct 31, 2012 Tyngsborough Middle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Picked up Laugh with the Moon at my library yesterday on the way to get my oil changed. The book was on a recently received display and I remembered seeing Shana Burg's on Twitter sometime recently. I can't remember why I knew her name, but figured I'd give her book a try. I'm very glad I did.

I don't typically book mark pages in fiction books to return to, but this resonated with me so much that I was thinking about it again today. From p. 218 ... "I used to think that happy people dance and sa...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Warnie B. rated it 2 of 5 stars

Recommended to Warnie B. by: Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee 2013

Shelves: texas-bluebonnet-books, juvenile, africa, plano-public-libraries, realistic-fiction, around-the-world-in-52-books-2013, death, culture-clash

Well... I had a really hard time with this book.

For at least the entire first half (and possibly more--I almost gave up on this entirely), I just...couldn't stand the main character, Clare. I get that she's lost her mother and that her dad has brought her to the other side of the world temporarily, to enter into a culture that is very foreign to her, but I felt like she was constantly acting in ways that seemed really immature for her stated age, and...I just couldn't respect her or understand...more

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Jan 30, 2012 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was amazing! I loved it from the start. I could not put it down once I started. I just recently traveled to Tanzania and so many memories were brought back while I was reading this book. It is a wonderful story about a girl named Clare who is made to move with her dad to Malawi for three months while he works as a missionary doctor. She is completely opposed to it in the beginning and is trying to fight the reality of being there as she is also dealing with the loss of her mother. The...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Destinee Sutton rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: death, africa, middle-grade

I described this book to a co-worker as "Bummer, bummer, bummer, sappy, sappy, sappy," but that's probably too harsh. Author Shana Burg is a decent writer and the story has some interesting parts. I liked the pidgin English spoken by the Malawian characters (when I was in Namibia we called their version of English "Namblish"), the details of life in the Malawi bush, and the friendship that forms between Clare, a 13-year-old American girl and Memory, a her new classmate in Malawi.

But the bummers...more

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Jun 20, 2012 Laura Phelps rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: possiblemsba2012

Thirteen year old Clare is grieving for her mother when she is abruptly displaced from her home near Boston and is brought to Malawi by her father, who is working there temporarily as a doctor. Clare’s anger and grief are manifested in a very real way (she gives her dad an extended silent treatment) but slowly she starts to make friends and become involved in the village school. I appreciated that both Clare and the Malawi kids that she befriends evolve over the course of the book, but remain mu...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: o-henry-favorites

Once again Shana Burg writes a beautiful book, this time centered through thirteen-year-old Clare's perspective. Her mother has died within the past year, and her doctor father takes this only child to Malawi, Africa, or to Clare's mind, the middle of nowhere. And certainly, Malawi is remote. Although it might seem a cliche to say that Clare's attitude changes and her heart heals, I loved how we change along with Clare as we learn to love the village life, the school, the friends she makes, and...more

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Feb 22, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ms-hs-has, middle-grades

The strength of this book is its depiction of life in Malawi. The main character, Clare, moves there with her father as a way to work through their grief over the loss of her mother. Her culture shock, gradual acceptance, and final love for her African experience feels very real.

It takes some time for this story to find its voice; the first few chapters are awkward. But we eventually get swept into Clare's adventure: her friends and enemies; her stint as a teacher; her romantic interest; her li...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bluebonnet-2014

This is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee, and it feels like it -- every inch a book your teacher wants you to read so you learn something in the end. It's decently written, with enough of a pace to stay interesting and a realistic, if highly sanitized African setting. Both children and adult characters develop, which is rare in a tween book. But it's heavy on the moralization - a novel written to teach you a lesson on how to live in another culture, how to grieve, how to work hard -- and not a novel a...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Sheena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: africa, young-readers, malawi, education

One of my favorite quotes from Laugh with the Moon is:

People aren't like stitches on a hem. They don't always follow a pattern. They don't always weave in an out, holding the pieces of their lives together in the way you might expect

Many of the characters in this book are forced to deal with issues such as trust, friendship, lost and grief. However, the characters use each other as as a way to strenghten their understanding of how the world works and eventually move on in their lives in a w...more

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Jan 13, 2013 Debbie Graham rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: death-and-loss, multicultural, realistic

If I were going to hand a girl a book about the 'African experience' and have them go off and read it, this would be a decent book. It probably doesn't hurt to have a central character they can relate to. I wouldn't give it to a child who had experienced the loss of a parent--the fantasy elements involving that loss are perhaps just too fantastical. However if I were going to read a book aloud to a group, I would definitely prefer to read 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' about William Kamkwamba-...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Sue rated it 5 of 5 stars

YA book- This book deals with grief, adjusting to a new culture, family and friendship. Clare's mother has died and she and her dad, a doctor, are going to spend two months in Malawi. Her dad will be helping in the hospital and Clare will live and go to school in the village. Clare is angry about losing her mother , leaving her friends, the cultural adjustments. She has many unique experiences with wild animals, school supplies, recreation and the sudden death of a friend. Clare learns about her...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Alex Baugh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: randomly-reading

From the Publisher:
Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother's recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, a doctor who seems able to heal everyone but Clare.
Clare feels like a fish out of water at Mzanga Full Primary School, where she must learn a new language. Soon, though, she becomes immersed in her new surroundings and impressed with her fellow students, who are crowded into a tiny space, worki...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Tasha rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-books

After her mother dies, Clare’s father takes her to Malawi where he had worked as a young doctor. Clare is determined to never speak to her father again. She has lost not just her mother, but her best friend and the potential for her first boyfriend at school. Now she is stuck in Africa where there is little hot water, mosquito netting over the bed, and monkeys screaming outside. As Clare starts to relax into life in Africa, she begins to make incredible friends at her new school. Memory, a girl...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: youth

Simply told, with a profound message. Favorite quote: "But now I see that people aren't like stitches on a hem. They don't always follow a pattern. They don't always weave in and out, holding pieces of their lives together in the way you might expect. Sad people can laugh and dance, and that doesn't mean they're suddenly fine. And happy people can cry, and that doesn't mean they're not okay. It depends on the moment. It depends on who they are in the moment. It depends on absolutely everything."

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Apr 29, 2013 Clara Roberts rated it 3 of 5 stars

This young adult book tells the story of a young girl who goes to Malawi (against her will) for two months with her doctor father. Her mother has recently died and she has to deal with her grief in a foreign culture. She makes new friends and has a whole new cultual experience as she is enrolled in an African bush school. The author does a wonderful job of describing life in an African village. Her classmates have unique names such as Memory, Handlebar, Innocent and Agnes.

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Mar 30, 2013 Bethe rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-realistic

2013-14 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee. Another book that may be a hard sell to the students, with a bit of unfortunate cover art as well. I found the main character to be annoying and whiny at the beginning, until she re-bonds and makes her peace with her father about halfway through the book. As a daily SMART Board user, I like how Clare looked for one her first day of school in Malawi. The second half of the book is much better if you can stick with the book.

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Mar 16, 2013 Cari Young rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: elementary-chapter-books

This book transported me to the other side of the world. It made me imagine what it would be like to live without medicine, school supplies, running water, and many of the everyday things I take for granted. The protagonist is no Pollyanna, but an American girl who behaves realistically in response to the loss of her mother and a journey to a strange place. Her adventures are exciting! This is a great book choice for upper elementary and middle school students!

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Sep 26, 2012 Sue Johnson rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Apr 01, 2013 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another Bluebonnet Award Nominee. This book follows a girl and her father into Africa. While her father works at a local hospital, Clare attends the local village school. She learns so much about life and is able to contrast life in the US with life in Africa. I really enjoyed this book, but I'm interested in stories about Africa. Emily and Mom, you'll enjoy this book. It makes me want to take my kids and move to Africa for a few months.

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May 03, 2012 Emlyn Chand rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a wonderful book. I don't read much middle grade, but wow! The author captured the innocence and confusion of youth in a way that was engaging for readers of any age. I felt like I was right there with Clare exploring Malawi culture and making new friends (and frenemies).

Great literature can transport you to another time and place, and Laugh with the Moon does just that. I felt like a giggling school girl crushing on Saidi, wanting to punish my dad for being annoying, and trying to do...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Ofilia rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the parts of this book that gave you a glimpse into Malawi life and let you get to know the people. For me the part that felt forced was the death of the mother plotline. More specifically, it's when Clare slips into this dream world to speak to her. It just felt out of place and it really yanked me out of the story. There were some pacing issues for me as well, but the inequities that Clare experiences and the overwhelming love from the friends she makes is moving and special.

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