Waxing Moon Waning Moon

Author: Maria Gonzalez
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This is a heart-wrenching story; at the age of 14, her classmate Martha died of a drug overdose, and Joanna's life also changed. She felt confused and unable to understand Martha's behavior before her death, and felt even more lonely after her passing. Facing the indifference of her family and the misunderstanding of her classmates, she often sat on the moon swing, writing letters to her deceased friend, pouring out her sorrows, helplessness, confusion, and despair. In the process of exploring the cause of her friend's death, she developed feelings for her friend's brother—a fellow drug user—and devoted everything she had to help him. In the end, this originally excellent Portuguese girl also took the irreversible path and died in her prime.