Bird Lake Moon
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There are ghosts at Bird Lake, and they're haunting Mitch and Spencer. Not the Halloween kind, but ghosts of the past. Memories of how life was beforeâbefore the divorce, before the accident. Can their ghosts bring Mitch and Spencer together, as friends? Or will their secrets keep them apart?
Mitch feels isolated at his grandparentsâ house and canât help hating his father, who walked out on him and his mom two and a half weeks earlier. Spencerâs family has decided itâs finally time to return to Bird Lake, years after his brother, Matty, drowned there. Both boys arrive at the lake scarred and fragile, but as they become friends, the sharp edges of their lives smooth out and, slowly, they are able to start healing.
âSuperbly crafted. A âmust haveâ for every library.â âSchool Library Journal (starred review)
âIn a novel as tender as his acclaimed Oliveâs Ocean, Henkes probes the psyches of two boys facing family conflicts.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review)
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Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Childrenâs Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kittenâs First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors, one for Oliveâs Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller; and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include The World and Everything in It; A House; A Parade of Elephants; Chrysanthemum; and the beloved Lillyâs Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin.
