The Cursed Moon, Angela Cervantes
The Cursed Moon, Angela Cervantes
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The Cursed Moon

Author: Angela Cervantes

Narrator: Gary Tiedemann

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2024


Synopsis

One two, the Caretaker's coming for you. Three-four, you'll breathe no more. Five-six, you'll float like sticks. Seven, eight, you'll meet your fate.

Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit of fear growing in his stomach.

To take his mind off his mom's return, Rafa spends an evening crafting the scariest ghost story he's ever told. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. The Caretaker is an evil ghost who lures unsuspecting kids into the neighborhood pond . . . and they don't ever come out. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him. With a sinking feeling, Rafa realizes the Caretaker is real. Rafa has brought the ghost to life—and only he can stop him.

About Angela Cervantes

Angela Cervantes is the author of the middle grade novels Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring; Gaby, Lost and Found; Allie, First at Last; and Lety Out Loud, which won a 2020 Pura Belpre Honor Award. She writes from her home in Kansas City, Kansas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mariah on August 16, 2024

The Cursed Moon is a 2024 Sunshine State pick for Grades 3-5 which was my entire basis for picking it up. I found it decent enough though largely rote. Often times it is fairly easy to get an idea of where a middle grade book is going to go either because it is for children, because the author is wri......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ on August 19, 2023

Rafi loves to tell scary stories. But when his neighbor warns him not to tell stories on the night of the Blood Moon, what is the one thing a kiddo wants to do?? Tell their latest scary story! With the Blood Moon comes a curse. A curse to bring stories to life. But Rafi sets out to break the curse i......more

Goodreads review by Ariella on June 22, 2024

I loved this book so much all the suspense was great if you want a good scare read this at night.......more

Goodreads review by Agrata on January 05, 2025

rafa and brie’s relationship is seriously the cutest. nobody does sibling relationships like middle-grade novels 🥹 my only complaint is the ending seemed a little rushed......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 05, 2023

Thanks Net Galley and Scholastic for the ARC! The Cursed Moon was a really engaging read. Fans of Stranger Things, Stand By Me, IT, and Paper Girls will likely enjoy the dynamics of friendship found within this book. I also really appreciated how the author used food to forge connections between the......more