The Shadow of the Red Moon

By Walter Dean Myers

Book Overview

If it had been up to Jon, he never would have left Crystal City. But the Fen children had finally broken through the city walls. And the Okalian way would survive only if some of the Okalians... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590458957
• ISBN13: 9780590458955
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

Let me start off by saying that this book isn't like Walter Dean Myer's other books. Rather than being a story about urban life, this is a fantasy story that definitely takes place on another planet. My first encounter with the book left me feeling moved from the cover illustration (my edition of the book has a boy curled up in the wilderness against a red moon) and the title was moving too. I know they tell you not to judge a book by it's cover, but I was pretty convinced that this was a good book by that point. And you know what? I was right. In response to one of the reviewers here who claims that the book had boring parts, I say that I haven't found any boring parts. Even from the beginning of the book (which DID come with a bang!) I was feeling for the characters. The parts without action are when the main character is thinking about his past and therefore revealing more to the reader, or when the characters are bonding, and I always found that to be enjoyable to read. I'm not sure what age group this book can be placed in. The delivery (vocabulary, grammar, etc.) is simple enough for a twelve year old to read, and that's how old I was the first time I read the book. However, upon re-reading the book at fifteen, I found that I could understand the book much better, and therefore become emotionally attached to it. I wouldn't say that the subject matter is for young kids. To me, any book dealing with the apocalypse, the plague, abandoned children, suffering and even a little bit of drugs isn't for kids. Shadow of the Red Moon might be a little bit short, and I'm fully aware that Walter Dean Myers has written books that the critics have received better. But Shadow of the Red Moon certainly does not deserve to be out of print. It is an excellent book. To any Walter Dean Myers fan and even any fantasy fan, this book deserves a read from you. It might have been better if you had bought it while it was in print, because then we might have received an update on what the main characters are up to these days, but buy it anyways. You won't be disappointed!

You Won't Want to Stop Reading!

The Shadow of the Red Moon is a book that will keep you up way later than you're supposed to. This book might get you in trouble with your parents, because you won't want to stop reading at any point or time. I liked this book because it is really adventurous. The boy is trying to make it through the wilderness, and he is by himself until he finds two people that are going with him. So they can fulfill the dream their parents had for them ever since they were little. This book is a good book for people in 7th-12th grade. So I guarantee that "You Won't Want to Stop."

I HEARD THE AUDIO CASSETE AND I LOVE IT!

It rocks. The story in some parts has action, in others suspense, and other mysteries. This story is unlike any other. If you like history, mystery,or like suspense, I highly recommed this book.

These audio tapes are superb.

I have listen to Emelia Earhart one,Searching for Davids Heart,nd right now this one. They are excellent!

kids are our only hope

as Jon leaves the cristal city in search of the Okalian holy land he meats the many creatures of the wilderness including a black unicorn named shadow and the dreaded fens the enemies of his people