I’ve always loved Crossan’s books because of her simple way of telling a story in such a powerful and poetic way. I picked this up in a used bin hoping for a bit of summer fluff, so I did not bring very high expectations, but this was pretty bad. However, the prison priest delivers a letter from Ed where he explains everything that happened that night and it turns out that he was pulled over by the police officer but fled when he thought he was going to get him sent home, he ditched the car and was making his way to someplace else when he was picked up. Moonrise is the first-person story of Joe in those last weeks, when the brothers are able to get to know each other properly for the first time in a series of prison visits.

Moonrise is a novel written in verses, which is something quite peculiar that provides the story with a more introspective and intimate point of view. With these snapshots of his emotions and memories, the reader gets an intimate, touching look at Joe's struggles. Joe, Ed’s 17-year-old brother, makes the trek from New Jersey to Wakeling, Texas, where he visits his brother on death row before his execution. I would recommend this book a million times if I could as it’s a constant reminder of how truly captivating and magical reading can be.The sublimely-formed structure slips between present and past, recounting the brothers’ troubled upbringing - how their Mom took off; how Aunt Karen took control and decided that Bible study and never mentioning Ed again was the only route to their salvation. People do warn him not to stay longer than he needs to, one women ends tells him she can to the town for her son who was a lifer and even after he was stabbed to death in prison she never left and now feels she can never leave and warns Joe not to fall into the small abyss she has when his brother is gone. Midnight told the cats that the Clans would have to leave their forest home and find a new place to live, as humans were going to cut down the forest and build a new "Thunderpath" (the cats' word for a road). I firmly believe that the state should not play God and decide that someone should be sentenced to die for their crimes. As we approach the halfway mark in the novel, Joe has to ask his brother once and for all whether or not he did the crime he has been charged with and Ed is furious with him and refuses to see him for days, which Joe ends up spending with Nell.

This is the story of the early development of the new frontier on the moon, bound up by the lives of a far knit family.Moonrise by Sarah Crossan is a book that came out in 2017, but I got to it only now thanks to one of you who suggested it to us for our 12 challenge. I really enjoyed reading this book and soon got into the flow of reading from the different perspectives. Its highly original premise combined with her beautiful storytelling through the medium of verse make this a book that will stay with me for a long time. The plot involves a multigeneration family saga about control of an industry uniquely suited to develop Lunar resources and kickstart expansion into the solar system. Written in verse, in the voice of a Polish girl forced to move to England with her mother, this is a wrenching but hopeful story of displacement, loneliness, and survival.

We do get to see how Joe and his siblings lovingly supported one another, given that their drug- and alcohol-addicted mom was largely absent or useless. Sally Estes, writing for Booklist, praised Moonrise for its "cliffhanger" ending "that will leave readers eager for the next installment", as well as the suspenseful possibility of the destruction of the forest. Now the date for Ed’s execution is set, Joe is determined to spend his last few weeks close by, ever hopeful that they will overturn the execution. As Joe waits and hopes that his brother’s fate will be changed, he meets witty Nell, a waitress in a Texas diner, and she brings temporary relief to his lonely and grief-stricken state. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis.When one of the son's jilted lovers threatens to let the world know of the murder, the son loses his sanity again and tries to kill everyone, including himself, on the moon base he is in charge of. Not only was her use of verse unique and beautiful, adding another level of depth to the book, but the story of conjoined twins Grace and Tippi was also a stunning mixture of normal teenage angst and heart-wrenching extra-ordinary circumstances. This contemporary star-crossed love affair is convincing and moving--and also a heartbreakingly timely portrayal of discrimination and bullying. I thought the politics of this novel were well thought out, and I can believe some of the more fervent followers of the anti-nano organization. Parents need to know that Moonrise, by Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan ( One, The Weight of Water), is about a teen boy, Joe, trying to figure out how to best support his older brother, who's on death row.

Candy Gourlay introduces Wild Song, her companion novel to Bone Talk, in which Luki and Samkad leave their home in the Philippines for America. Joe is absolutely way out of his comfort zone which proves he would do anything he possibly can for his brother. Guys, this book…I don’t even think I’ll be able to talk about it and give it the justice it deserves, but I’ll try. The reviewer stated that "Hunter successfully weaves character, plot, and good writing into another readable story". Joe is in shock when he first visits Ed, he is totally out of his depth and stunned that there is thick glass separating them and that to speak and be heard by each other they have to used a telephone receiver.

Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. In this bittersweet, heartbreaking coming-of-age story, a teen boy gets reacquainted with his older brother, who only has two weeks until his execution date in a Texas prison. Joe%E2%80%94and even Ed%E2%80%94are sympathetic characters, and readers may shudder at memories of their mother%E2%80%99s neglect and the guilt-by-association Joe experiences as a relative of a convicted felon and death-row inmate. Online articles about the case and interview transcripts are provided throughout, and Pip’s capstone logs offer insights into her thought processes as new evidence and suspects arise. I enjoyed seeing such a highly debated topic in a book like this and I think Crossan looked at it in a very brave angle.