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Beneath a meth moon

"A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction"-- Provided by publisher.

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Main Author:	Woodson, Jacqueline
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012.
Subjects:	Methamphetamine > Young adult fiction. Drug abuse > Young adult fiction. Grief > Young adult fiction. Runaways > Young adult fiction. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Young adult fiction. Iowa > Young adult fiction. Pass Christian (Miss.) > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:	"A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	181 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780399252501 (hardback) 0399252509 (hardback)
Author Notes:	Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 12, 1963. She received a B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a drama therapist for runaways and homeless children in New York City. Her books include The House You Pass on the Way, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena, and The Day You Begin. She won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 for Miracle's Boys. After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way won Newbery Honors. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Her other awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also selected as the Young People's Poet Laureate in 2015 by the Poetry Foundation. (Bowker Author Biography)