Moonflower

Name: Moonflower
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kacen Callender
ISBN: 9781338852585

Author: Kacen Callender

Narrator: André Santana

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 09/06/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Kacen Callender, National Book Award winner of King and the Dragonflies, delivers a stunning novel that invites readers into a child’s struggles with mental health, and their journey to wholeness.Moon’s depression is overwhelming. Therapy doesn’t help, and Moon is afraid that their mom hates them because they’re sad. Moon’s only escape is traveling to the spirit realms every night, where they hope they’ll never return to the world of the living again.The spirit realm is where they have their one and only friend, Wolf, and where they’re excited to experience an infinite number of adventures. But when the realm is threatened, it’s up to Moon to save the spirit world.With the help of celestial beings and guardians, Moon battles monsters and shadows, and through their journey, they begin to learn that a magical adventure of love and acceptance awaits them in the world of the living, too.This story of hope shows readers that our souls blossom when we realize that we are as worthy and powerful as the universe itself.

About Kacen Callender

KACEN CALLENDER is the bestselling and award-winning author of multiple novels for children, teens, and adults, including the Stonewall Honor Book Felix Ever After and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature winner King and the Dragonflies. Their adult fantasy, Queen of the Conquered, was a World Fantasy Award 2020 winner for Best Novel, named one of the 100 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time by Time Magazine and one of the 50 Best Fantasy Novels of All Time by Esquire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 26, 2022

this is, i think, the easiest five star i've given out all year. it is also the book i cried with the most. the story itself is extraordinary and i hope that kacen callender gets the recognition and love and applause that they deserve. i'd already known that they were my favorite middle grade author......more

Goodreads review by kate on March 03, 2023

A truly stunning and magical depiction and exploration of depression. The fact that books like this now exist for younger (and older) readers fills me with so much hope for a future that treats depression with less stigma and more empathy and understanding. TW: depression, suicidal ideation......more

Goodreads review by chris on November 14, 2022

J. K. Rowling: "I hate trans kids and I enjoy watching them suffer. I'm rich so I don't care what you think, but also if you call me out I'll write a 20,000 page novel whining about being bullied. How dare you? Do you hate women? I've spent my career empowering women, which is why they're never the f......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on December 13, 2022

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. What a powerful little story! The author pulls from personal experience to introduce us to Moon, a young child who suffers from depression. Moon visits the spirit realm and, with the help of guardians and others, learns how to lov......more

Goodreads review by ash (smokedshelves) on February 07, 2024

my first (and hopefully only) kacen callender fail :(......more