Stargazing

Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang.

A 2019 New York Public Library Best Books for Kids Selection
One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice

Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known.

But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn't where she really belongs.

Moon's visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine's best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling?

Jen Wang draws on her childhood to paint a deeply personal yet wholly relatable friendship story that's at turns joyful, heart-wrenching, and full of hope.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: First Second
Published: 09/10/2019
ISBN: 9781250183873
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 0.90d
Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/27/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019 pg. 130
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 64
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2019
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2020 pg. 98

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 504742 / Stargazing
Reading Level: 2.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1