Red Moon Rising (25 page)
Authors: K. A. Holt
“Fix her for me, please? I promise to come back for her.”
Boone nods, his eyes full, his lips quirked into a frown on one side and a smile on the other. “Always so bossy,” he says.
I nod, a rock growing in my throat.
And then I am back on the
Kwihuutsuu
. And we are over the ruined
Origin
. And over the lone shine tree. And over to the other side of the moon.
My hand grips the
bibiloka
around my neck and I breathe deeply.
Oo'ta kon famalil naa paht toofa'a.
It's not so tragic if you don't look down.
I am so glad to be going home.
About the Author
Kari Anne Holt is the author of several middle grade novels in verse includingÂ
Rhyme Schemer
and
Brains for Lunch
, which received a starred review in
Publishers Weekly
and was highlighted on the Texas Library Association's Annotated Lone Star Reading List for 2011. She is also the author of
Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel
, a nominee for the 2014 Connecticut Library Association Nutmeg Book Award and the 2013 Maud Hart Lovelace Award. Kari has recently contributed to the anthology,
Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters To Their Teen Selves
. Learn more about her at
kaholt.com
.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Holt, K. A.
Red moon rising / Kari Anne Holt.âFirst edition.
p. cm.
Summary: “When space-farmer Rae is kidnapped by the native inhabitants of her moon, she is trained to become a warrior. But can she attack her own people?”â Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-4814-3626-7 (hardback)
ISBN 978-1-4814-3629-8 (eBook)
[1. Science fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H7402Re 2016
[Fic]âdc23
2015013521