La Luna Dentro de M? (the Moon Within)

A dazzling story told with the sensitivity, humor, and brilliant verse of debut talent Aida Salazar.

La vida de Celi Rivera es un torbellino de preguntas... por los cambios en su cuerpo, por sentirse atra?da por un chico por primera vez y por la exploraci?n que hace su mejor amiga de lo que significa ser g?nero fluido.Pero, sobre todo, por la insistencia de su madre en hacerle una ceremonia lunar cuando le llegue su primer periodo. Se trata de un ancestral ritual mexica que Mima y su comunidad han rescatado, pero Celi se promete a s? misma que NO participar? en ?l. Encontrar? dentro de s? la fortaleza necesaria para defender qui?n quiere ser?Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend's exploration of what it means to be gender-fluid.But most of all, her mother's insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It's an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic en Espanol
Published: 06/02/2020
ISBN: 9781338631067
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 501931 / Moon Within
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3