Once, in a Town Called Moth

By Trilby Kent

Book Overview

Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, and her mother fled the colony when Ana was a young girl. Now Ana and her father have also fled, and Ana doesn't know why. She only knows that something was amiss in their tight-knit community. Arriving in Toronto, Ana has to fend for herself in this alien environment, completely isolated in a big city with no help and no idea where to even begin. But begin she does- she makes a friend, then two. She goes to school and tries to understand the myriad unspoken codes and rules. She is befriended by a teacher. She goes to the library, the mall, parties. And all the while, she searches for the mother who left so long ago, and tries to understand her father -- also a stranger in a strange land, with secrets of his own. This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with readers who have struggled with being new and unsure in a strange place, even if that place is in a classroom full of people they know. Ana's story is unique but universal; strange but familiar; extraordinary but ordinary- a fish out of water tale that speaks to us all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110191811X
• ISBN13: 9781101918111
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher