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MAN IN THE MOON Dotti Enderle Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73566-7 | July 2008 | $14.99 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-90554-1 | July 2008 | $17.99 | Ages 8-12

There was something rustling in the cornfield right next to Janine’s house.

It wasn’t the wind.

It wasn’t the dog . . . he’d run out there barking each night and come back a few minutes later happy as can be.

Whatever it was, each time Janine heard the faint scraping of the corn, her stomach dropped. But what could an intruder want with their poor old house, full of dust, broken spirits, and a sick little brother?

Then Mr. Lunas comes to visit, a man as long and thin as a broomstick. Janine doesn’t trust this strange fellow who she knows was the one in the cornfield. What does he want with her family and why does he sleep outside, staring at the moonlight, frozen like a statue?

Each day that passes brings her little brother closer to the end of his sad life, and Janine is ready for something big to happen. And it’s just about to start . . .

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Prepared by Debbie Stanton, Youth Services Librarian, Kalona Public Library, Kalona, Iowa

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