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Beneath a Meth Moon

Jacqueline Woodson

Start date: January 3, 2015

Discussion: 2015 Challenge Prompts

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Jan 27, 2013 CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, around-the-world-challenge, young-adult

This was a well-done book, an interesting story told in a creative and lyrical way. The storytelling hops back and forth within the chronology of Laurel's tale, which feels realistic, and appropriate for a teenage narrator who is supposed to be writing the story, her elegy, herself.
Her story itself is pretty harrowing, first with the loss of her mother and her grandmother, and then with her spiral into meth addiction. I never really knew much about meth before, so this was definitely interestin ...more

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Mar 17, 2013 Debbie rated it liked it

Shelves: realistic-fiction

When Hurricane Katrina hits their home in Mississippi, Laurel's mother and grandmother refuse to evacuate with the rest of the family. Her dad takes Laurel and her baby brother to stay with relatives until he finds a job in the Midwest where they can start over. At first, Laurel does okay. She makes a good friend, joins the cheerleading team, and starts dating the captain of the basketball team. But when her boyfriend introduces her to meth, Laurel's life quickly spirals out of control.

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