Beneath a Meth Moon

by Jacqueline Woodson
Lexile:  730
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Laurel wishes she could turn back time.  Her life was so much simpler when her mother and grandmother were alive.  Now she is struggling with facing her new reality.  That struggle leads her to new friends who introduce her to drugs.  The drugs take the pain of her life away and Laurel is sure she can handle it.  But things quickly spin out of control and Laurel finds herself living on the streets, wondering if she is going to survive.