num_pages: 224
description: For fans of Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson this middle-grade novel-in-verse follows two boys in 1980s Brooklyn as they become friends for a season.Punk rock-loving JJ Pankowski can't seem to fit in at his new school in Greenpoint Brooklyn as one of the only white kids. Pie Velez a math and history geek by day and graffiti artist by night is eager to follow in his idol Jean-Michel Basquiat's footsteps. The boys stumble into an unlikely friendship swapping notes on their love of music and art which sees them through a difficult semester at school and at home. But a run-in with the cops threatens to unravel it all.Moonwalking is a stunning exploration of class cross-racial friendships and two boys' search for belonging in a city as tumultuous and beautiful as their hearts.
language: English
title: Moonwalking
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)