num_pages: 144
description: Nine-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that makes her allergic to sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her tenth birthday. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Cool Moonlight
titlecomplete: A Cool Moonlight
genres: Fiction, Illness, Mystery, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, African American
ratings_count: 568
publisher: Dial