I Love Lucy Moon

Lucy Moon is cool. She doesn’t think so, but I do. I think her story is too, as told in the book That Girl Lucy Moon, by Amy Timberlake.

The book starts with a storm rolling in – both literally and figuratively. Lucy is going through many changes. She’s gone from outspoken activist in her elementary school (she wears a hat made from hemp to support third world workers) to feeling like an invisible, voiceless sixth grader.

Add to this problem the fact that her adored photographer mother is leaving town for an assignment – and isn’t sure when she’ll be back. And Dad, well, Dad just isn’t sure how to deal with Mrs. Moon’s departure and Lucy’s questions.

Top that with Lucy’s latest cause: after a group of kids is arrested for sledding on Wiggins Hill, Lucy takes on the most influential woman in town, Miss Ilene Viola Wiggins. Lucy soon discovers that fighting this injustice is doing major damage to her reputation – and she begins to wonder if her battle is worth the trouble.

When even her best friend, Zoe, begins to doubt her – it seems as if Lucy’s whole world is falling apart. Will life ever return to normal for Lucy? Or will she have to change her definition of normal?

Thanks to the writing of Amy Timberlake, Lucy becomes as real as your own best friend and the town of Turtle Rock, Minnesota comes alive on the pages of the book. You’ll want to grab a warm blanket and a cup of cocoa before you settle down and pay a visit to Lucy’s world. I guarantee you won’t want to leave.

Girls everywhere will love That Girl Lucy Moon. I know I do.

Continued prayers for the victims of Wednesday’s Minneapolis bridge collapse and their families.