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Cheat the Moon
Gabby suddenly finds herself responsible for her five-year-old brother, Will, after her father's absences become longer and more frequent, but twelve-year-old Gabby finds her life very difficult and sometimes wishes she could just leave home too.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1998
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November 18, 2014
If you love reading family books, then you should read "Cheat the Moon" that's about a family who is struggling to stay together.
The story takes place in a house where a 12 year-old girl named Gabby takes care of her little brother Will. The only problem is that there father didn't come back for days, so Gabby goes on a search to find her dad. As she keeps finding her father, she meets a friend named Joseph. He says that her wife has seen Gabby's dad.
I was surprised when she met one of her dad's friends and the friend was hugging and crushing Gabby, but Joseph came and helped Gabby. Later, when Gabby is hiding under the window in her house, she sees Joseph lying her dad on the front porch. She then examines him. He had dirty matted hair, a stink, sweat, beer, vomit, and urine. I don't know why he was so messy.
At the end of the story, her father dies after a mill accident, and Clara would take care of Gabby and Will. Then in the epilogue, Gabby now realizes what her mother meant "Cheat the Moon."
In conclusion, I would rate this book on a scale 5 out of 5 because this is an amazing and adventurous book I have ever read. I would recommend this book to people who have faced what Gabby and Will did. Struggle.
The story takes place in a house where a 12 year-old girl named Gabby takes care of her little brother Will. The only problem is that there father didn't come back for days, so Gabby goes on a search to find her dad. As she keeps finding her father, she meets a friend named Joseph. He says that her wife has seen Gabby's dad.
I was surprised when she met one of her dad's friends and the friend was hugging and crushing Gabby, but Joseph came and helped Gabby. Later, when Gabby is hiding under the window in her house, she sees Joseph lying her dad on the front porch. She then examines him. He had dirty matted hair, a stink, sweat, beer, vomit, and urine. I don't know why he was so messy.
At the end of the story, her father dies after a mill accident, and Clara would take care of Gabby and Will. Then in the epilogue, Gabby now realizes what her mother meant "Cheat the Moon."
In conclusion, I would rate this book on a scale 5 out of 5 because this is an amazing and adventurous book I have ever read. I would recommend this book to people who have faced what Gabby and Will did. Struggle.
August 10, 2021
This book is so touching it hurt me! I cried so hard it was actually insane! I've never been so connects to a book to actually cry about it! lol!
December 25, 2013
It's a very touching novel. It made me cry.
The long wait of Gabby and Will was repaid for their father's homecoming and for the change he made of himself. Sana ganto din si papa
The long wait of Gabby and Will was repaid for their father's homecoming and for the change he made of himself. Sana ganto din si papa
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