Benjamin seems to like her back and they engage in consensual sexual activity. This book is completely spot on with how periods are treated sometimes, especially with young people, even though periods is something almost everyone will experience by having them or knowing someone that has them, when someone says the word period people still seem to recoil.įrankie likes this boy, Benjamin. This book explores the taboo nature of periods, teenage bullying, online bullying and the damage or viral online media. ”īlood Moon is a novel set very presently in our modern age of online entertainment and meme-culture of imitation and humor that can often become bullying. During her seminal sexual experience with the quiet and lovely Benjamin, physics-lover and astronomy fan Frankie gets her period – but the next day a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an innocent, intimate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying and damaging. “BLOOD MOON is a YA novel about the viral shaming of a teenage girl. Rating: ★★★★★ Published by Walker Books Australia
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