![]() ![]() If kids can’t explore hard truths in books, where can they explore them?Īnd crucially, this story provides a safe place for that exploration. ![]() The book is honest, at times brutally so, for good reason. ![]() Transgender and nonbinary people, told that we don’t exist, and don’t deserve the same rights as everyone else.” Black people like me, arrested and killed because of the color of their skin. Moon appreciates that adults try to shield kids from reality, but argues that “there isn’t any point in hiding from the truth when I see it everywhere. (Bree Barton’s “Zia Erases the World” and Christine Day’s “The Sea in Winter” are also great examples.)Ĭallender is unflinching, too, in how they write about the intersection of Moon’s mental health and racial and gender identity. “Moonflower” addresses childhood depression without flinching, contributing to a small but growing space in children’s literature. In little over a decade, the number of adolescents who’ve reported a major depressive episode has risen by 60 percent, bringing it to more than one in 10. ![]()
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