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Also by Jacqueline Woodson:

Red at the Bone, September 2020
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Another Brooklyn, June 2017
Paperback
Another Brooklyn, August 2016
Hardcover
Brown Girl Dreaming, November 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Beneath A Meth Moon, February 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Feathers, March 2007
Hardcover
The Other Side, January 2001
Hardcover

BENEATH A METH MOON
By: Jacqueline Woodson

Nancy Paulsen Books
February 2012
On Sale: February 2, 2012
192 pages
ISBN: 0399252509
EAN: 9780399252501
Kindle: B005GSZYW0
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult

Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she's still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel's new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captain of the basketball team, for a boyfriend. Yet Laurel is haunted by voices and memories from her past.

When T-Boom introduces Laurel to meth, she immediately falls under its spell, loving the way it erases, even if only briefly, her past. But as she becomes alienated from her friends and family, she becomes a shell of her former self, and longs to be whole again. With help from an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee, she's able to begin to rewrite her story and start to move on from her addiction.

Incorporating Laurel's bittersweet memories of life before and during the hurricane, this is a stunning novel by one of our finest writers. Jacqueline Woodson's haunting - but ultimately hopeful - story is beautifully told and one readers will not want to miss.

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Studio 360 - March 3, 2012