Sun Moon Stars Rain Author:Jan Cheripko From School Library Journal — Danny Murtaugh narrates the events that take place after he drops out of college. Barely 18 and a music student overwhelmed by a failed romance, he has come home to the small community where his widowed mother is dating the town cop and the only diner has a new and attractive waitress. He gets permission from the loc... more »al recluse to take photographs of the woods and river on the old man's property?an area where Danny's father died and that has long been threatened with seizure in a case of eminent domain. Most of the characters are odd, but none is unbelievable: alcoholism has wracked the lives of a few, including the waitress (who also did drugs), while bad luck and/or bad outlooks have wounded several others, including Danny. The chapters are brief, and each one pitches the protagonist and readers toward a calamity that fits its buildup, and that finds Danny better able to cope than he would have been weeks earlier. While there are no scenes of overt sexuality, readers need to approach this book with a degree of maturity simply because Danny gives so little of himself at first and uncovers so much about others that requires respect and care.« less
ISBN-13: 9781932425536 ISBN-10: 1932425535 Pages:160 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: