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and warming. Excellent read. Very good book : Vivid, affecting story about a family struggling to heal from great personal tragedy, An impressive debut novel. Ever since her brother's death, Dellie's life has been quiet and sad, Her mother cries all the time and Dellie lives with the horrible guilt that the accident that killed her brother may have been all her fault.


But Dellie's world begins to change when new neighbors move into her housing project building, Suddenly men are fighting on the stoop and gunfire is sounding off in the night, In the middle of all that trouble is Corey, an abused fiveyearold boy, who's often left home alone and hungry.
Dellie strikes up a dangerous friendship with this little boy who reminds her so much of her brother.
She wonders if she can do for Corey what she couldn't do for her brothersave him,

Starkly and affectingly written, The Trouble with Half a Moon is a sparkling and memorable debut.
I expected something supernatural to be honest but I was pleasantly surprised and touched by this book, It's a tragic story with a satisfying ending, Everything falls into place. I like it more than I thought! Even though its aimed at a younger audience, its a beautiful read! A lot more emotional than I expected, really enjoyed it.
I went into this book expecting a cutesy, simple story as it is meant for agesand up.
But what I got was so much more than that, This story was beautiful and heartbreaking all at once, The fact that it dealt with a very real issue made it even more stunning and made me fall completely in love with it.
The characters were so well developed and that made becoming attached to them inevitable, This is truly a stunningly beautiful story and the fact that it ends it such a sad yet realistic way makes it all the more beautiful.
Even though it broke my heart, I absolutely adored this book! The ending felt a little rushed, but that aside, this story was beautiful.
Heartbreaking and gut wrenching at times, but beautiful, Very good and suspenseful . I really like it it was super intense, VERY GOOD BOOK! READ IT!!! This book is one om favorites, It will take you through heart break, fear, and happiness, This book will take you through a teenage girl Dellie's life that is filled with sorrow, Her younger brother dies and she feels guilty, Her parents won't let her outside because they are afraid of anything happening to her, She worries for Corey a abusedyears old that lives in her apartment, This book has tragedy, friendship, and boy drama, This book is onlypages but it has a amazing story that i would read over and over again.
Thank you so much to author Danette Vigilante for the ebook to read and review,

Wow, this book was heavy, emotional, raw, so intricately and delicately written, Wow was I not ready for that at all and honestly had no idea o was stepping into such a world when I started this.


This book is just exquisite and raw set in a poor New York apartment block we are shown the nitty gritty painful realistic life so many have there and it opens your eyes to a part of real life rarely written about.


Dellie our protagonist who totally melted me and made me connected instantly to the story goes through so much, dealing with the grief from her loss of her little brother and guilt she feels over it.
Her parents grief and shut down trying to figure out how to live without him and barely hanging on.
Being bullied and being sidelined by it all not having seen it coming, Experiencing having her first major crush, Most importantly though the deep kindness in her heart to stand up and be brave for a young boy who is being neglected and hurt, stopping at nothing no matter how scary a situation to protect him.
I absolutely adored how much she cared for little Corey and how much he cared for her too.


This story as I said is very raw, heavy and emotional, I cried, my heart hurt and I felt everything with them all as I read this and my heart still feels the story even now after reading it and I think it will stay with me for a while.


Danette has such a perfect way of writing, describing a setting, portraying real people and real lives and of taking you to a place that even though youve never been to feels like you are literally there experiencing all this harrowing pain and real life scariness.
Shes an extordinary story teller and Im in awe of her talent, On paper this book sounds heartbreaking, the actual delivery was not so heartbreaking, Yes Corey is adorable and his story is upsetting, but there were so many little things that bugged me about this story I couldn't really get into it emotionally.
My main problem was with Miss Shirley, Let's put it this way: Miss Shirley is magical and she makes everything all better, I wasn't expecting the magical elements and I didn't like them either, I understand putting in a wise elder figure, but making her have special powers was just too much.
It took away from Dellie learning about herself on her own which is part of the appeal of novels about young people gah that expression makes me sound ridiculously old, haha.
I didn't like the fact that Dellie's guilt for her brother Louis is never discussed with her parents, I would have thought that was a crucial part of her healing process.


To top it all off, Dellie's best friend Kayla is quick to throw away their friendship.
I don't want to put spoilers in this review but it was very surprising and not in a good way.
Kayla seemed like a good friend and that's all I'll say about it,

Like I said, above Corey is darling, Whose heart would not be torn when reading about a fiveyear old being abused I also liked that Dellie was a well developed main character.
She hates math I can deeply relate to that and she's in like with a guy named Michael.
Michael isn't some tough guy with something to prove, he's gentle and good at math and it's a nice example of youngth grade love.
I know I just got through saying that Kayla isn't the best of best friends but she has her own crush to deal with and that is portrayed nicely.
I liked that there were two examples of relationships, both of them were subtle but it's clear which relationship is healthy and which is not.
Through each member of Dellie's family, readers are introduced to the different ways we grieve, Dellie and her father internalize, Dellie's father throws himself into taking care of her mother, Dellie's mother cries and becomes overprotective, Dellie blames herself. These are all different ways we grieve and it's good to see how each character copes and comes to realize that the way they are handling the situation may not be the best way.


The Trouble With Half a Moon has a high emotional impact potential but the unsatisfactory to me way it was executed, kept me from really getting into the story.
The 'mysterious sage' Miss Shirley, the lack of emotional closure that I felt Dellie received, and the sudden ending and other abrupt changes in character behavior kept the story from really reaching its potential.
The friendship between Dellie and Kayla started off strong, but it had such a random low point that I had a hard time fathoming the change.
I did like the crush details and the way grief was handled, The best part is in reading about Corey and Dellie's blossoming friendship, I also liked that Dellie wasn't this hardened character, Yes she kept everything to herself about how she felt, but she wasn't completely closed off just yet.
Corey needs her but Dellie needs Corey as well,

I wouldn't highly recommend this book, but it's not a bad book,

This was such a great book, It was a hard book at times too, amp I shed some tears, This is the kind of book Im ok to read even though it makes me sad, Because these stories are IMPORTANT, amp need to be read, Unfortunately any kids deal with things like the ones in this book all too often, amp I think putting this book in their hands would make them feel seen.
Make them understand its NOT their fault, This pulled at my heart on so many different levels, From Dellies guilt she carries on her shoulders with her grief, the parents grief, . then living somewhere that no longer feels safe, . plus the judgements placed on all who live there, because of the ones who live there amp do badjudging ALL for actions of a FEW is always an ignorant choice.
Then Dellie has a misunderstanding amp other drama with her best friend, amp ast crush on top of everything.
Then there is Corey, who has my heart, Everything about him, his story, . amp what he comes to mean to Dellie, . all so powerful. This is a beautifully heartbreaking story, It doesnt sugarcoat these issues, amp it doesnt give you a happily ever after, But it gives you a story that makes you feel like youve read something life changing that makes you want to be better amp do more, amp gives you an ending that while isnt happily ever after, it could have ended so much worseas many real life ones sometimes do too often.
. it is realistic amp one you can live with amp hope better things continued to happen as the story goes on in the land where

finished stories continue on.
. lol Sounds silly, but I know what I mean, I also LOVED MISS Shirley, amp thought she was such an intriguing amp fascinating character, Theres also the smallest touch of magical realism in here in a way, . some things left up to you whether you think its coincidence, a higher power, or a kind of magic.
Ive had things happen to me in life, amp I knew it was God, . no other explanation. HIGHLY recommend this. Loved it so much. Beautiful new cover by Baba Aminu Mustapha too!,