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Forty Words For Love

ISBN-10: 0593326474
ISBN-13: 9780593326473
Author: Saeed, Aisha
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: June 2024

Copyright: 2023

Page Count: 304

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL550L

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / General *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying *

Description
In this luminous young adult novel by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed, two teen protagonists grow from friends to something more in the aftermath of a tragedy in their magical town. Moonlight Bay is a magical place--or it was once. After a tragic death mars the town, the pink and lavender waters in the bay turn gray, and the forest that was a refuge for newcomers becomes a scourge to the townspeople. Almost overnight, the entire town seems devoid of life and energy. The tourists have stopped coming. And the people in the town are struggling. This includes the two teens at the heart of our story: Yasmine and Rafay. Yasmine is a child of the town, and her parents are trying and failing to make ends meet. Rafay is an immigrant, a child of Willow Forest. The forest of Moonlight Bay was where people from Rafay's community relocated when their home was destroyed. Except Moonlight Bay is no longer a welcoming refuge, and tensions between the townspeople and his people are growing. Yasmine and Rafay have been friends since R