The Moon Within
Aida Salazar
Eleven-year-old Celi thinks about changes in her body as she approaches womanhood. Her mother wants her to take part in a moon ceremony, an ancestral Mexica practice reclaimed by Mima and her community. Celi says she will not participate. Alongside this conflict, she experiences a first attraction to a boy and sees her best friend explore being genderfluid. The novel is told in verse with black-and-white spot illustrations.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
