Sarah Crossan

With little money or support, Joe Moon, seventeen, travels to Texas to help the older brother he barely knows through his last few weeks before being executed for murder

Moonrise

Caroline Oestergaard

This was so, so sad. You got a really good sense of all the character’s emotions through the way it was written and the verb form worked really well for this kind of story.

Amanda Kordeliski

A heartbreaking look at the criminal justice system, the effect having a family member sentenced to death has on the family and how frighteningly easy it is to railroad poor kids without an education into the prison system for something they did not do.

Alexa Jade

jesus christ why have I read the most depressing books this week.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2017'Devastating ... Any reader with a heart will weep buckets' Sunday Times Book of the WeekThey think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear?Cos people are gonna be telling youall kinds of lies.I need you to know the truth.Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row.But now Ed's execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other people think ...From one-time winner and two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this poignant, stirring, huge-hearted novel asks big questions. What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?

meg d’arcy

This was the harrowing coming of age story of a seventeen year old boy, Joe, who’s brother, Ed, has just been given his execution date, after 10 years of incarceration. The book provides an insight into a perspective that is not usually considered in death row cases. As a non-American reading this book the injustice of a broken prison system was heartbreaking and infuriating. The looming date is felt throughout the narrative and soon enough I felt I was on this journey with the characters. For a Young Adult novel I believe Crossan provided an excellent environment that doesn’t focus primarily on the positives and negatives of capital punishment but discusses the heartbreak and pain for everyone involved.
Moonrise is a realistic story of life and death, love and heartbreak.

Logan Dittbrenner

When I read the synopsis, I thought this was going to be a five-star read for me because of how hard hitting it sounded. Personally, I did not find the heart wrenching reaction I was looking for. The characters were unpalatable and there was a little romance in it that didn’t need to be there. What did I like about it? The writing style was great. The death penalty is a controversial topic and is not something I have read in books before but would like to explore more of it in the future.

Nele

I don’t think I will ever be okay after reading this book. I can’t stop crying 🌙💔

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE YA BOOK PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLiPPA AWARD 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 'Devastating ... Any reader with a heart will weep buckets' Sunday Times Book of the Week They think I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Cos people are gonna be telling you all kinds of lies. I need you to know the truth. Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row. But now Ed's execution date has been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other people think ... From one-time winner and two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this poignant, stirring, huge-hearted novel asks big questions. What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?

Moonrise

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