Imagine playing with your younger brother and having an accident that leads to his death? Delilah, or Dellie as everyone calls her, doesn't have to imagine this because it happened to her. Dellie feels a crushing guilt for what happed to her brother, Louis, wihle also feeling suffocated by her parents desire to keep her with them and safe at all times.
One day Dellie meets a young, hungry boy named Corey who just moved in on the first floor of her apartment complex. Corey lives with his abusive mother and is badly in need of food and attention. Dellie knows she has to help him even if it means getting in touble with her parents.
The Trouble with Half a Moon is a sweet novel that deals with Dellie's coming of age issues with boys, friends, her parents and the unresolved feelings she has about her brother's death and her relationship with Corey.
While I liked this novel I did feel like the pace was a little slow. I will recommend this book to my student though- especially students wanting a good realistic fiction story.
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