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The Moon Within
by Aida Salazar
Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-28337-2
Keywords: Menstruation, Ancestors, Diversity, LGBTQ, Bi-cultural (Puerto Rican/Mexican), Gender identity
Celi, 11, ponders her changing body. Will she embrace her ancestral Mexica moon ceremony, marking her entrance into womanhood? Told in verse with spot black-and-white illustrations.