Beneath a Meth Moon

Beneath a Meth MoonBy: Jacqueline Woodson Hurricane Katrina took her mother and granmother. And even though Laurel Daneau has moves on to a new life one that includes a new best friend, a spot on the cheerleading squad, and dating the co captain of the football team she can't get past the pain of that loss. Then her new boyfriend introduces her to meth, and Laurel is instantly seduced by its spell, the way it erases, even if only temporarily, her memories. Soon Laurel

an ambitious policewoman also assigned to the case

Jessie realizes there’s a killer loose on the island

Independent and driven

Major cringe

By: John Grogan | Illustrator:  Richard Cowdrey | Series: I Can Read Level 2

More resigned the Chancellorship

while still keeping the story easily digestible for a hesitant reader

from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines during World War II

where scientists race against time to document the largest fossil whale site ever found

” we learn in this brave tale of grief

and how their office is different from their own doctors

and intrigue-and can't let the culprits get away clean