Can I read Moonflower on EtoBox?

Moonflower by Kacen Callender is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Moonflower about?

National Book Award winner Kacen Callender delivers a captivating novel about a child facing the other-worldly shadows of depression. Moon has been plunged into a swill of uncertainty and confusion. They travel to the spirit realms every night, hoping never to return to the world of the living. But when the realm is threatened, it's up to Moon to save the spirit world, which sparks their own healing journey through the powerful, baffling, landscape that depression can cause. From this novel’s very first utterance, author Kacen Callender puts us behind Moon’s eyes so that we, too, are engulfed by Moon’s troubling exploration through mental illness. Moon’s mom is trying her best, but is clueless about what to do to reach the ugly roiling of her child’s inner struggles. At the same time, though, there are those who see Moon for who they are – Blue, the Keeper, the Magician, Wolf. These creature-guides help Moon find a way out of darkness. The ethereal aspects of the story are brilliantly blended with real-world glimmers of light. Slowly, Moon grows toward hope and wholeness, showing all children that each and every one of us has a tree growing inside. That our souls emerge when we dis

Who reads Moonflower?

Author

Kacen Callender

Publisher

Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781338636598

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.93 / 5 (68 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14