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Summer on the Moon
Summer on the Moon
Summer on the Moon
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Summer on the Moon

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A move from an impoverished tenement to an unfinished suburban development turns thirteen-year-old Socko’s world inside out

It’s summer vacation, and Socko and his best friend Damien are hanging around the Kludge apartments, taking care to avoid the local gang members. When Socko’s great-grandfather suddenly offers to buy a house in the suburbs, Socko’s mom jumps at the chance to leave the bad neighborhood. Socko hates to leave Damien behind, but they pack up their few belongings and move to Moon Ridge Estates.
 
Nothing there is even remotely what Socko had imagined—Moon Ridge is a lonely wasteland of half-finished houses. Socko tries to make the best of a bad situation, hopping on his skateboard to explore the empty streets that are now his private domain.
 
Constructing new lives will involve taking some risks, but in time a ragtag community begins to rally around the struggling development. With humor and heart, Adrian Fogelin weaves a timely story of loyalty, family, community, and economic hardship.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 7, 2014
ISBN9781497694392
Summer on the Moon
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Adrian Fogelin

Adrian Fogelin is the author of several novels for middle readers and young adults, including Crossing Jordan and The Real Question. She lives in Florida.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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    The pacing was off for me - there were some boring stretches in the new neighborhood and then all of a sudden all this gang activity. There wasn't enough character development for me and I felt like the characters made decisions that didn't make a lot of sense. I couldn't buy that Livvy's parents would let a bunch of people live in their empty houses - that has to be a liability.
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    A realistic, engaging story with some nice touches of humor. Good portrait of a family and community coping with economic hardship and the many problems that accompany it.

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