BLOOD MOON

Author: Lucy Cuthew Age: 14 + Pages: 416 pg. Size: 20 x 13 cm A powerful novel in verse about feminism, menstruation, and bullying that really captures what teen life is like today. 🇬🇧 Description: Blood Moon is an extraordinary YA novel in verse about the online shaming of a teenage girl. During astronomy-lover Frankie's first sexual experience with the quiet and lovely Benjamin, she gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a graphic meme goes viral, turning an innocent, intimate afternoon into something disgusting, mortifying and damaging. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over? Blood Moon is a punchy, vivid and funny story of first-time love, hormone-fuelled sexuality and intense female friendships – whilst addressing, head-on, the ongoing exploitation of young girls online and the horror of going viral. Both shocking and uplifting, it cuts to the heart of what it is to be a teenager today and shows the power of friendship to find joy in even the darkest skies. Reviews: "A powerful, fiercely feminist novel that normalizes menstruation and confronts destructive cyberculture." KIRKUS, Starred review "A must-read novel of empowerment." BOOKLIST, Starred review"Captures the joy of a crush, the despair of a lost friend, and the humiliation of being "that girl" on the internet." SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred review"Blood Moon canters along at a furious pace, evoking the escalating torment of online abuse." FINANCIAL TIMES