The Moon Within
by Aida Salazar
"A first period, a best friend in transition, and a moon ceremony Celi isn't sure she wants."
Eleven-year-old Celi Rivera's body is changing, her mother is planning a traditional moon ceremony she finds mortifying, and her best friend is exploring their gender identity — all at once. Salazar's verse novel handles puberty, Mexica tradition and friendship with a rare, glowing gentleness.
Worth knowing
A verse novel widely embraced by classrooms for doing what almost no book does: honouring first menstruation with ceremony instead of shame.
