Apart from the fact that the color of her eyes turn red when the moon rises, Myung-Ee is your average, albeit boy crazy fifth grader. After picking a fight with her classmate Yu-Da Lee, she discovers a startling secret: the two of them are "earth rabbits" being hunted by the "fox tribe" of the moon! Five years pass and Myung-Ee transfers to a new school in search of pretty boys. There, she unexpectedly reunites with Yu-Da. The problem is, he mysteriously doesn't remember a thing about her or their shared past at all!
Good at making up stories, Nola's teacher and friends little realize that Nola's tales, often an extension of her dreams, hint at something strange going on in the small town of Alta Donna that seems to coincide with the appearance of two unusual new kids. Simultaneous.
Myung-Ee confronts the student council about their intentions toward Yu-Da, despite further proof of his unusually cruel and malicious dark side. As the school festival rolls around, the gender-bending fun courtesy of Master Yang is cut short when Yu-Da is kidnapped and Myung-Ee and Sa-Eun find themselves on the same side and face-to-face with members of the Soon-La Army...on the attack!
When Hee-Ju's hostage negotiations with Ha-Eun, Yumei, and Mi-Woo for Ya-Ho go south, the tragic result of his failed attempt leads to heartbreak for Myung-Ee and company. And to make it worse, those on Earth aren't the only ones on the move. The leader of the Moon Foxes is about to make a trip to the Blue Planet and mete out heavenly punishment to those who get in his way...that is, if he can stay awake for long enough!
The Black Rabbit disappears again, this time leaving behind the Fox Tribe's only means of tracking him! Worried that the tribal elders will discover the truth, student council members Sa-Eun and Jin-Soo split up in a frantic search for their ward...only to find themselves facing off against the most improbable of enemies! After this battle, will the student council ever be the same?
For the first time, Myung-Ee falls into a real fight against the Fox Tribe. She is determined to do whatever she can to protect Yu-Da from all the hungry foxes, but instead she encounters the "Black" Yu-Da! How can this be? Is Yu-Da's memory back, or was he just faking?
Myung-Ee decides to rescue Yu-Da from the Fox Tribe! She begins by journeying to Junghyun Mountain to join the Soon-La Army. But first she must pass a test of pain and endurance. Meanwhile, more secrets are revealed about the kind and gentle Yu-Da...
All this time, Myung-Ee has wanted nothing more than to save Yu-Da the Black Rabbit from the horrific fate of being killed and having his immortality-granting liver eaten by Hang-Ah, the leader of the Moon Foxes. But when both she and Yu-Da regain the memories of their past lives, Myung-Ee is suddenly preoccupied with a new conviction to save Hang-Ah! What does this change of heart mean for Yu-Da, her childhood friend, who has the power to do just that with his death?! Find out as Myung-Ee and Yu-Da face off in the intense conclusion to Moon Boy!
As Ho-Rang tries to stave off the swarms of escaped low level foxes, Myung-Ee grudgingly forms an uneasy alliance with Sa-Eun in order to track down Yu-Da, who has opted to reject both the Rabbits and the Foxes and side with the eerie Ha-Eun. But when the two part ways upon reaching Ha-Eun's headquarters, they're both confronted by their pasts instead of their quarry! As Sa-Eun discovers the truth behind his elder brother's fate, Myung-Ee begins to lapse into her memories from a past life! And what she remembers will shift alliances and alter the fates of everyone involved!
A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2011 "[A]n intimate glimpse into the life of a family that cares around the clock for a disabled child, that gets so close to the love and despair, and the complex questions the life of such a child raises...It is a beautiful book, heartfelt and profound, warm and wise." —Jane Bernstein, author of Loving Rachel and Rachel in the World Ian Brown's son Walker is one of only about 300 people worldwide diagnosed with cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome—an extremely rare genetic mutation that results in unusual facial appearance, the inability to speak, and a compulsion to hit himself constantly. At age thirteen, he is mentally and developmentally between one and three years old and will need constant care for the rest of his life. Brown travels the globe, meeting with genetic scientists and neurologists as well as parents, to solve the questions Walker's doctors can't answer. In his journey, he offers an insightful critique of society's assumptions about the disabled, and he discovers a connected community of families living with this illness. As Brown gradually lets go of his self-blame and hope for a cure, he learns to accept the Walker he loves, just as he is. Honest, intelligent, and deeply moving, The Boy in the Moon explores the value of a single human life.
