Moonkid and Liberty (Gemini Books) - Softcover

Kropp, Paul

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9780773674424: Moonkid and Liberty (Gemini Books)

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ISBN 10: 077367442X ISBN 13: 9780773674424

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1996

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Adjusting to a new city and high school is tough enough for anyone. But with their separated parents complicating matters it's almost impossible for Ian (Moonkid) and his sister Liberty. Their mom is doing her best to lure the kids away to live with her on the west coast. And, though he has never outgrown his hippie lifestyle, their dad wants them to stay with him. Still, their offbeat relationship is strained when he falls into legal problems-again. Libby wants to leave, but Ian would rather stay. Unlike his sister, he takes pride in the fact that he doesn't fit in. Besides, he can't leave now. He has a score to settle with some local bullies. It take humour and more than a little strength to pull together in this witty, and crackling novel, but Moonkid and Liberty find a way.

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About the Author:

Paul Kropp is a Fitzhenry and Whiteside author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 8-11-- Libby McNaughton, 16, longs to be normal, but with an aging hippie for a father and a gifted brother, Ian (nicknamed "Moonkid"), who's convinced he's an alien, trying to fit in with the crowd at a new high school is difficult at best. The story progresses by means of chapters that alternate between the siblings' viewpoints. Libby's efforts to belong frequently are humorous, and often poignant. Ian, the brunt of bullies at school, plans a revenge that makes him face his humanity. When their father's left-wing bookstore is trashed and he is jailed for selling pornography, specifically an underground magazine that is enthusiastic about gay sex, Libby's chances for a "normal" teenage life seem even more remote. In the midst of this, their mother surfaces in California after five years of "finding herself." In her business suit and Gucci shoes, and driving a Mercedes, she offers a far different lifestyle. Libby changes from an aspiring airhead; she is able to live up to her name of Liberty, accept herself and her family, and celebrate individual differences. While touching on some sensitive issues, this is a humorous, yet often serious story of teenage self-acceptance and independence. --Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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