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Lunar Boy: A Graphic Novel

by Jes And Cin Wibowo

A changing sense of home, told in graphic-novel form

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A changing sense of home, told in graphic-novel form

Indu’s move from the moon to New Earth places him in a blended family and a school where he feels out of place. His loneliness is complicated by a crush on his pen pal and a mother with little time to talk. When the moon offers him a return at the New Year, the story’s central question becomes what home means as Indu begins to find friendship in unexpected places. The graphic-novel format frames this coming-of-age story around belonging, family adjustment, and the pull between where someone comes from and the connections they build.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for readers ages 9–12 who enjoy fantasy graphic novels.
  • For readers interested in stories about blended families, friendship, and belonging.
  • Suitable for young readers who like coming-of-age stories with a lunar premise.

Themes

Belonging and homeBlended familyFriendshipGrowing up

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Book overview

Stonewall Children's Literature Award Winner

2025 Rainbow Book List

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024

NPR's Books We Love of 2024

GLAAD Media Awards Nominee

2024 Harvey Awards' Best Children's Book Nominee

For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic novel about a young boy from the moon who discovers a home in the most unlikely places, from debut twin creators Jes and Cin Wibowo.

Indu, a boy from the moon, feels like he doesn't belong. He hasn't since he and his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship--their home--to live on New Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he's weird, he has a crush on his pen pal who might not like him back, and his stepfamily doesn't seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all, Indu can't even talk to his mom about how he's feeling because she's so busy.

In a moment of loneliness, Indu calls out to the moon, begging them to take him back. And against all odds, the moon hears him and agrees to bring him home on the first day of the New Year. But as the promised day draws nearer, Indu finds friendship in unlikely places and discovers that home is more than where you come from. And when the moon calls again, Indu must decide: Is he willing to give up what he's just found?

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