Beneath a Meth Moon: An Elegy Audiobook

" Laurel (13-15) who is from a good/ "normal" home starts doing meth "the moon" (as Laurel always calls it)with her boyfriend and spirals down hill and lives on the street. A modern less sensationalized/preachy "Go ask Alice",although not told in journal form. Set in small town Iowa, where her family has moved from Mississippi. Jumps around in time, with short chapters. Well written, really capturing her psych and struggle and also the romanticism of the drug. Woodson also explores Laurel's struggle w/ the death of her mother and grandmother (at the hands of hurricane Katrina) and her relationship w/ her father and baby brother, all she feels she has to live for. The audiobook was pretty good but the reader was slow and had a strong southern accent (which eventually grew on me). "

" This is a mesmerizing novel about a teenage girl's howl for the "moon," or meth, in which she seeks solace after so much unimaginable loss. Unforgettable characters. Dialogue that delights with honesty and humor. Lyrical prose that, despite the subject matter, makes you swoon with reading pleasure. "

" Extremely interesting and fast paced look into the world of a teenage meth addict and the circumstances that put her there. Jumpy, scattered story telling drags you in and keeps its grip on you until the end... Kind of your own little addiction, but the book is your moon. "

" On a personal note, my favorite thing about his book is that there is a character named Gessie. WHAT? I need to write to Jaqueline Woodson and figure out where that came from. "

" I cheated and read the ending because I was getting bored. Plus I had an indication of how it would end, so I wanted to see if I was right. I was!! "

" I didn't think it was her best... "

" Really, really well done... "

" Love Woodson's lyrical writing style, and the way she imagined what may have happened to one of the many displaced teens after Hurricane Katrina. "

" The writing.. It's so tragically beautiful. That's all. There's an airiness to it that makes you feel as if..as if you are beneath a meth moon.. "

" This book was OK, not anything to write home about. I only picked it up at my local library because it was on display and I needed a quick does of YA lit, as I had just put myself through reading War and Peace. Should have probably chosen another book... "

" This was a very good book. I felt it dealt with meth addiction realistically. Acceptable for younger teens to read. Some of her life while using meth was alluded to - without going into detail. "

" Excellent book that discusses a 15 year old girl and a her fall into meth addiction. The writing style is a little hard to get a grip on at first but managable as the story progresses. "

" Some of the most beautiful and painful 'poetry' I have ever read. Memory is hard, like "the moon," it's always with you but you can't live with it in you; you have to walk away. "

" Beautifully horrifying. "

" This book was ok it wasnt what i was expecting "