Full Cicada Moon

Marilyn Hilton

2015 • 400 pages

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Average rating4.4

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.

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Anna Tschetter

This was so great! I love Mimi's whole family and the amazing way that she inspires her community. Such a sweet story.

November 22, 2021

Renata Sancken

I read this all in one day. Mimi's voice (in verse) is SO compelling. This book is great at showing Mimi's hurt and rage at being othered (as a half-Japanese, half-black girl in 1969 Vermont) without being didactic. It's a great realistic school story that I'd especially recommend to fans of novels in verse and kids who are interested in the space program (as Mimi is).

November 1, 2017