Once, in a Town Called Moth

The fish out of water story of a young Mennonite girl from Bolivia trying to find her way in a big city, for fans of Stephanie Oakes's The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly . Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, from which her mother fled 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.

Product details

• Authors: Trilby Kent, Kent Trilby
• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780735263062
• ISBN: 978-0-7352-6306-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 210 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / General