It's an intense scene that really underscores just how alien and desolate an environment that the Moon is and shows up how terrifying nanomachines can be in the wrong hands. Crossan's verse packs a punch as she examines the power that difference -- but also determination -- can wield. When one of the son's jilted lovers threatens to let the world know of the murder, the son loses his sanity again and tries to kill everyone, including himself, on the moon base he is in charge of.

The stepbrother survived, but then was permanently exciled to the moon base because no country on Earth would allow him entry, and anti-nanoboters would be continually trying to kill him. Its highly original premise combined with her beautiful storytelling through the medium of verse make this a book that will stay with me for a long time. Ross Welford introduces Time Travelling with a Tortoise, the sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, and a whole new time travel adventure! I thought the topic was handled brilliantly and the importance of having conversations about issues like these really came through. It is never my intention to over reveal,or over discuss in a way that would ruin someone discovering and reading the books themselves.Greg II, meanwhile, has convinced Mommy that he is stable, after years of therapy, and she can trust him with the Moonbase directorship. In a contrast to what I usually read I was excited to see that each short chapter presented itself more in the form of one of a series of beautiful, storytelling poems. Sugar-coat the pill, like children's vitamins, and hope you swallow SOME good stuff (like the hard science Bova incorporates).

Due to it being written from his perspective I developed a deeper attachment to Joe than a lot of the other characters and found myself wanting to understand him and his feelings around the situation even more.The pseudonym is used so that the individual novels in the series would not be shelved in different places in libraries.

However, their plan to poison Sharptooth goes awry, as he swats the rabbit they used to bait him aside and goes after Crowpaw instead. Hiding the stress of her home issues behind a brave face, Iris competes for valuable assignments that may one day earn her the coveted columnist position. Written in free verse, this dual narrative story goes straight to the heart of Jess and Nicu’s friendship, exploring their feelings with immediacy and heart. Ten years later, Ed is still on death row but now his execution date has been set, and so Joe heads down to Texas to see his brother for the first time in a decade and make the most of the time they have left together. Sally Estes, writing for Booklist, praised Moonrise for its "cliffhanger" ending "that will leave readers eager for the next installment", as well as the suspenseful possibility of the destruction of the forest.Joe also suspects that she was the one behind getting the car running which secured him a job with the diner meaning he now has a source of income to support himself.

Moonrise reflects on life and love just as much as it does death and loss, and combined it makes for one incredibly emotional and thought-provoking story that’s told with depth and compassion. It’s a stirring, poignant and thought-provoking book about poverty, injustice, brotherly and romantic love (Joe’s relationship with Nell, a girl he meets in Texas is very beautifully and sensitively told). The Tribe then realizes that Feathertail was the silver cat in their prophecy, not her brother Stormfur, as they had previously thought.The point-of-view alternates between the characters Stormfur, who is with the questing cats, and Leafpaw, describing her experiences as the destruction of the forest begins.