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Kieran, a new boy visiting her small town for the summer, helps Sidonie and her family come together again following the death of Sidonie's mother

It is 1959 and Sidonie is still coming to terms with the death of her mother, almost a year ago. Her sister Roberta, who seemed to get back to normal fairly quickly, is home from university for the summer and doing her best to rule the roost while their father works as a doctor. The summer is hot, life by the lake is languid, and passion is running high in the hearts of the two teenage girls. But as the days grow warmer, and the anniversary of their mother's death approaches, tensions that have been too long ignored begin to surface and the still of the summer is disturbed.

This stunning novel by Martha Brooks is intelligent, well-written and thought-provoking and has a Cat On a Hot Tin Roof feel about it that lingers long after the close of the story. Family relationships, from sibling rivalry to parental love, are explored sensitively, as are relationships with boys and the burgeoning sexuality of youth, all set against the backdrop of a small, lakeside town facing the end of an era.

Gripping, emotionally tense and ultimately challenging, Two Moons is a daring novel for older readers that gently bridges the divide between fiction for older children and fiction for the grown-ups. (Ages 13 and over)--Susan Harrison