“What can we forgive?
Anything.
If that’s what we choose”
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan was one of the best books I’ve read in 2021.
We follow the heart-wrenching, tear-jerking journey of 17-year-old Joe Moon who’s grappling with the fact that his brother Ed, is on death row. Now that Ed’s execution date has been set, the clock is ticking and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think.
This heartbreaking novel asks big questions like what value do you place on life? what can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?
The book is written in short chapters that presented itself more like a series of beautiful, storytelling poems.
Get a box of tissues and be ready to explore hard questions about life, family and the justice system.