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When the Moon Was Ours

by Anna-Marie McLemore

Roses, moons, and guarded secrets

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Roses, moons, and guarded secrets

Miel and Sam’s close friendship sits at the heart of a story where unusual details carry real stakes: roses grow from Miel’s wrist, while Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in trees. Both keep parts of their pasts private. When the Bonner sisters set their sights on Miel’s roses, those secrets become central to their demands. The publisher’s description frames the novel as young adult magical realism, bringing together friendship, concealed truths, witchcraft rumors, and the pressure of having something deeply personal treated as a prize.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in magical realism.
  • Readers drawn to stories about close friendships and protected secrets.
  • Readers interested in witchcraft rumors and fantastical imagery.

Themes

FriendshipSecrets and privacyMagic and rumorPossession and personal agency

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Book overview

From the author of The Weight of Feathers comes a young adult novel about a girl hiding the truth, a boy with secrets from his past, and four sisters who could ruin them both.

Recipient of a Stonewall Honor and longlisted for the National Book Award, McLemore delivers a second stunning and utterly romantic novel, again tinged with magic.

To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel's wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town. But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel's skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they're willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.

Atmospheric, dynamic, and packed with gorgeous prose, When the Moon Was Ours is another winner from this talented author.

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