num_pages: 182
description: Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life in a new town but inside shes still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurels new life is going well with a new best friend a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom co-captain of the basketball team for a boyfriend. Yet Laurel is haunted by voices and memories from her past. When T-Boom introduces Laurel to meth she immediately falls under its spell loving the way it erases even if only briefly her past. But as she becomes alienated from her friends and family she becomes a shell of her former self and longs to be whole again. With help from an artist named Moses and her friend Kaylee shes able to begin to rewrite her story and start to move on from her addiction.Incorporating Laurels bittersweet memories of life before and during the hurricane this is a stunning novel by one of our finest writers. Jacqueline Woodsons hauntingbut ultimately hopefulstory is beautifully told and one readers will not want to miss.
language: English
title: Beneath a Meth Moon
publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books