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A review by brooke_review
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
5.0
Ginny Moon just wants to get home so she can check on her Baby Doll. Ginny left her Baby Doll in a suitcase four years ago when the police came and took her from the home of her neglectful on-again, off-again mother, Gloria. Now 14-year old Ginny Moon (née LeBlanc) lives with her "Forever Mom and Dad," and she has found her "Forever Home." However life with her Forever Parents does not come easily to Ginny because Ginny has autism, and she is discovering that the world just doesn't understand her the way she understands herself. This is her story.
Ginny Moon eats exactly (not approximately) 9 grapes every morning for breakfast. She loves Michael Jackson and his chimp, Bubbles, and she cares about her Baby Doll more than anything else in the world. Ginny has been adjusting to life at the Blue House with her Forever Mom and Dad, but she constantly worries if her Baby Doll is okay. So one day at school, she enlists one of her classmates in Room 5 to help her locate her birth mom on the Internet. This one act spins the crazy whirlwind that is about to become Ginny's life into motion. Ginny will stop at nothing to make sure that her Baby Doll is okay, including inviting her abusive mother back into her life.
Ginny Moon is a remarkable new novel that dares to really show us what life is like as an autistic adolescent. Benjamin Ludwig takes us into Ginny's world of order and routines, and shows us how she processes information in her own unique way. Ginny Moon is that rare gift of a book that tells an incredible, poignant story while teaching an important lesson at the same time. Be prepared to laugh on one page, and cry on the next! Ginny Moon is as funny as it is heartbreaking ... and above all else, it is definitely unforgettable.
NOVELIST APPEALS:
GENRE: Adult books for young adults; Mainstream fiction
TONE: Heartwarming; Moving
STORYLINE: Character-driven
CHARACTER: Authentic
Ginny Moon eats exactly (not approximately) 9 grapes every morning for breakfast. She loves Michael Jackson and his chimp, Bubbles, and she cares about her Baby Doll more than anything else in the world. Ginny has been adjusting to life at the Blue House with her Forever Mom and Dad, but she constantly worries if her Baby Doll is okay. So one day at school, she enlists one of her classmates in Room 5 to help her locate her birth mom on the Internet. This one act spins the crazy whirlwind that is about to become Ginny's life into motion. Ginny will stop at nothing to make sure that her Baby Doll is okay, including inviting her abusive mother back into her life.
Ginny Moon is a remarkable new novel that dares to really show us what life is like as an autistic adolescent. Benjamin Ludwig takes us into Ginny's world of order and routines, and shows us how she processes information in her own unique way. Ginny Moon is that rare gift of a book that tells an incredible, poignant story while teaching an important lesson at the same time. Be prepared to laugh on one page, and cry on the next! Ginny Moon is as funny as it is heartbreaking ... and above all else, it is definitely unforgettable.
NOVELIST APPEALS:
GENRE: Adult books for young adults; Mainstream fiction
TONE: Heartwarming; Moving
STORYLINE: Character-driven
CHARACTER: Authentic