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Johnson, Angela

A Cool Moonlight

133 pp. | Dial | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-8037-2846-8 $$14.99
(2) 4-6 Born with xeroderma pigmentosum, Lila is acutely sensitive to sunlight. She's homeschooled, and her only close friends, who have yet to be glimpsed by her family, always leave at dawn when Lila goes to bed. During the period of the novel--the weeks before her ninth birthday--Lila grows more thoughtful. More significantly, Lila is growing beyond her imaginary friends and into self-acceptance. Many deft touches make this spare portrait effective.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003

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