Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: Stargazing
Author(s): Wang Jen, Jen Wang
Publisher: First Second
Barcode: 9781250183873
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/10/2019