Title
Full Cicada Moon
Publisher
Dial Books for Year Readers, an Imprint of Penguin Group
Pages
389 pages
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780525428756
Genre
historical fiction
Topic
Racial Diversity; Interracial; interracial family; mixed race
Annotation
In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Family Formation
mother and father
Main Character
girl
Diversity Impact
direct
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year,2016 Bank Street Center for Children s Literature; Booklist Book Review Stars, Sep. 1,2015 American Library Association; CSMCL Best Books,2015 Center for the Study of Multicultural Children s Literature; Cybils Awards, 2015 Finalist United States; Kirkus Book Award, 2015 NOMINEE United States
Keywords
Apollo 11; sex role in children; moving; astronomy; racial profiling
Item Type
Fiction
Format
novel in verse
STARS Citation
Hilton, Marilyn, "Full Cicada Moon" (2015). DIVerse Families. 375.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/375