Me (Moth): National Book Award Finalist

Me (Moth): National Book Award FinalistFINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE A debut YA novel in verse by Amber McBride, Me (Moth) is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family, and a teen boy who crosses her path. Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted. Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe hell be

and self-discovery

as well as "Unloved (for Aunt Cleota)" and "When I Could No Longer"--her personal elegy for the relatives who saved her from an abusive home life

I'll be satisfied if the reader forms his or her own opinion about these decisions and the consequences

tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty

causes her to wobble and almost fall

a different kind of electricity sparks

Taking its title from a poem by Audre Lorde

Has Angela's grandmother

Sharma reminds us

When tragedy strikes close to home

Marie-Claire

But now Mira is back in Kipsen to attend Celine's wedding at the plantation