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    Lunar Boy

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    Lunar Boy

    For fans of The Witch Boy and SquishedLunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic novel about a young boy from the moon who discovers a home in the most unlikely places, from debut twin creators Jes and Cin Wibowo.

    Indu, a boy from the moon, feels like he doesn’t belong. He hasn’t since he and his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship—their home—to live on Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he’s weird, he has a crush on his pen pal who might not like him back, and his stepfamily doesn’t seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all, Indu can’t even talk to his mom about how he’s feeling because she’s so busy.

    In a moment of loneliness, Indu calls out to the moon, begging them to take him back. And against all odds, the moon hears him and agrees to bring him home on the first day of the New Year. But as the promised day draws nearer, Indu finds friendship in unlikely places and discovers that home is more than where you come from. And when the moon calls again, Indu must decide: Is he willing to give up what he’s just found?



    Author Jacinta Wibowo Jessica Wibowo

    Format Hardcover, English
    Page(s) 240
    ISBN/ISBN13 006305759X/9780063057593
    Published Date May 14, 2024
    Publisher HarperAlley

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    Genre(s) Fiction / Literary Fiction
    Format Graphic Novel
    Audiences Adult


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    Lunar Boy refuses to be confined within the white Western hegemony of queerness. Instead, the graphic novel explores queerness through the lens of intersectionality with Indonesian culture.
    — in Cultural Context, Joy, and Community: Lunar Boy and the Realities of Queer Experience in the Global South (Sep 01, 2026)


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