The Trouble With Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A quick read but with deep emotion.

Dellie lives in the projects with her mom and dad. Last summer her little brother was killed in an accident. Dellie blames herself. Her mother is overcome with grief and has become hyper vigilant about Dellie.
New tenants move in on the ground floor and the once peaceful building starts to have problems. A gunshot goes off in one of the halls. A small boy wanders the halls knocking on doors asking for bread. Dellie secretly becomes close to the boy, taking him under her wing, feeding him and finding out that he is neglected and abused by his mother.
Dellie sees the boy as her salvation – if she can save him maybe she will be forgiven.
Is Dellie’s emotional agony realistic; is she responsible for her brother’s death?
And the little boy, what goes on behind the closed door of his apartment?
Can Dellie and the little boy survive?




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