The trouble with half a moon pdf

Vivid, affecting story about a family struggling to heal from great personal tragedy. An impressive debut novel. Thank you so much to author Danette Vigilante for the ebook to read and review. Wow, this book was heavy, emotional, raw, so intricately and delicately written. Wow was I not ready for that at all and honestly had no idea o was stepping into such a world when I started this.

This book is just exquisite and raw set in a poor New York apartment block we are shown the nitty gritty painful realistic life so many have there and it opens your eyes to a part of real life rarely written about.

Dellie ou Thank you so much to author Danette Vigilante for the ebook to read and review. Dellie our protagonist who totally melted me and made me connected instantly to the story goes through so much, dealing with the grief from her loss of her little brother and guilt she feels over it.

Her parents grief and shut down trying to figure out how to live without him and barely hanging on. Being bullied and being sidelined by it all not having seen it coming. Experiencing having her first major crush. Most importantly though the deep kindness in her heart to stand up and be brave for a young boy who is being neglected and hurt, stopping at nothing no matter how scary a situation to protect him.

I absolutely adored how much she cared for little Corey and how much he cared for her too. This story as I said is very raw, heavy and emotional, I cried, my heart hurt and I felt everything with them all as I read this and my heart still feels the story even now after reading it and I think it will stay with me for a while. Feb 24, Omari rated it it was amazing. This book along with being enjoyable has many similarities with Danette Vigilante's later book like "saving baby doe" which i strongly recommend checking out if you like this book as well.

In the book Dellie grows up in a not so wealthy family, and the family all are depressed about an incident in whi "The Trouble with Half a Moon" is a beautifully written story about a girl named Dellie as she has to overcome challenges between friendship, love, and emotional problems with one of her siblings. In the book Dellie grows up in a not so wealthy family, and the family all are depressed about an incident in which Dellie brother died from an accident that Dellie blames herself for.

During the book she find a young boy named Corey who is an abused boy. The two of them go threw series of trials that will overall change Dellie's life. Some of these trails include saving Corey from his abusive mother, trying to regain an old friendship she had, and lastly trying to fight her own mental an emotional chains that of her dead brother caused her to feel. I think that this book i well written and kept me entertained form start to end.

I would recommend this book for ages 12 and up and also the rest of the books Danette Vigilante because they have great plots twist and exciting relate able trials that people face. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I wasn't expecting much from this book I thought it would be a book that was innocent.

This book had me crying most of the way through. I also got really angry at most parts. When Corey's mother was abusing him I was furious and sad. Also when Dellie was getting picked on by everyone that infuriated me. This book had me feeling all kinds of sentiments and I kept needing to know what would happen.

I was hoping that at the end Corey would get adopted by Dellie's parents I wasn't expecting much from this book I thought it would be a book that was innocent. I was hoping that at the end Corey would get adopted by Dellie's parents Aug 03, Kath West rated it it was amazing. Just wow. This book hurt my heart in so many ways, but then warmed me completely at the same time. Definitely tw for child abuse and panic, but worth the read. I will definitely be reading this one again.

I expected something supernatural to be honest but I was pleasantly surprised and touched by this book. Danette I'm so glad you enjoyed! Thanks for reading! May 02, Sandra Guzman rated it really liked it. I really liked this book love the story. It's a tragic story with a satisfying ending. Everything falls into place. I like it more than I thought! A lot more emotional than I expected, really enjoyed it. This was originally reviewed on my blog, Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing.

Looking back over the notes I wrote while reading this book, and just after, 'sweet' is the word that kept popping up. Dellie is struggling with grief and guilt after the death of her younger brother.

He died in an accident that she blames herself for. It's been a year since his death and her family is struggling. Her mom won't let her leave the house, This was originally reviewed on my blog, Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing. Her mom won't let her leave the house, except to go to school and then she insists on having Dellie's dad walk with her, to keep her safe. Dellie struggles with this, but accepts this and watches the activities outside from her bedroom window.

One day, a little boy knocks on Dellie's door, asking for food. His mother is neglectful and more interested in her boyfriend and we assume doing drugs that giving the 5 year old the care he needs. Corey reminds Dellie of her brother, and she tries to take care of him. I loved Corey. He was my favorite character in this whole story.

He's just the cutest little boy, and my heart broke a little watching the way his mother treated him and observing the pain he goes through daily. He attaches himself to Dellie quickly, and although she is scared to have someone depend on her again for fear she'll let them down, she loves him too. Dellie learns a lot from her interactions with Corey, and those lessons become cemented in her mind and life with the help of Miss Shirley, the Jamaican woman who just moved into their apartment complex.

Although I rather liked Miss Shirley, I didn't love her inclusion in the story. She just happened to be the solution to every problem the characters faced, and I found myself watching instance after instance of 'Shirley ex machina', and it got a little old.

It got to the point that I just waited for the characters to bump into Miss Shirley, because I knew it just had to be coming. I also wish the story had a little more depth to it. It's a really big deal to be 13 and believe that you are the reason your brother is dead, and in the beginning of the story, Dellie comments that sometimes she wonders if her parents blame her but, we never hear about it again.

That is a very important conversation to have. I don't think Dellie can forgive herself, even if she comes to realize it wasn't her fault if she wonders whether or not her parents blame her.

There was also surprisingly little depth to most of the characters. I felt like we only got to see one side of each character and that was all we were given. Even the moments we caught a glimpse of something more within the characters, the author moved past the scene without expounding on anything.

I felt that the story was too rushed, too quick for the story it told. This is a story I felt deserved more. It could have been great, but too much was glossed over or left entirely unexplored. I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend this book to someone, but I also wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it. Shelves: children , faves , teen , first , recommended , firstread , fiction , young-adult , novel. I don't normally read or review middle grade or teen novels.

But I decided to take a chance on this one because the synopsis intrigued me. I picked it up around 10 o'clock at night. I was only going to read the first chapter just to get an idea of the books flow and characters. Next thing I know its in the morning and I'm sitting with the book in one hand, wiping away tears with the other.

An incredibly touching book, with real insight into what a young girl of 13 feels about life, love, fri I don't normally read or review middle grade or teen novels. An incredibly touching book, with real insight into what a young girl of 13 feels about life, love, friendship and the death of her young brother.

We first meet Delilah, Dellie to her friends, one late evening as the sound of a gun shot wakes up Dellie and her parents and the other residents of the building.

They live in an apartment building in the poorer side of town and everyone knows you don't go out at night. They live on an upper floor and the shot was somewhere on the first floor. When her dad leaves the apartment to see what he can find out about the shot, Dellie and her mom are left alone, very afraid.

Dellie's dad comes back saying everything is okay, and the small family go back to bed, still fearful, none of them sleeping, all of them thinking of Louis, Dellie's little brother who died just months ago. Corey is a 5 year old boy who lives with his abusive mother on the first floor of the building. Corey is always hungry and several people in the building sneak him food, including Dellie. She is afraid her parents will find out and put a stop to it.

She's also afraid if they see Louis they will become upset because he is so very like Louis. Dellie and her friend Kayla walk to school together in the mornings, but because her parents fear for her safety, Dellie's father walks several feet behind them until they arrive at the school. Dellie is 13 and while she misses her brother so very much, she still wants to be like her friends, able to go outside and play, to walk by herself to school, and to go to the store.

But the trauma her parents suffered with the lose of Louis, her little brother, they will not let her out of their sight. They fear the only way to keep her safe is to keep her close and in sight at all times.

Her friend Kayla one day stops talking to her and won't tell her whats wrong. Dellie's life is spiraling down, and then Michael, a boy in her school talks to her and a new neighbor, Miss Shirley, moves into the building. This is the story of a young girl, her guilt over her brother's death and the part she played in it, the difficulties of friendship, first romance and over-protective parents.

And while this might sound like a depressing read, let me assure you it is not! The author weaves an incredible story that is filled with hope, love and personal redemption. It is truly remarkable how the author knows a teenager's thinking and thoughts so well.

This novel is perfect reading for middle grade to teen readers as well as adults who like a well told, though simply worded book.

I won this book through GoodReads and my review was unsolicited. Aug 25, Talitha Rae rated it it was amazing. Heartfelt and warming. Excellent read. This is a sweet MG novel about a thirteen-year-old girl named Dellie who has suffered the loss of her brother. She's not allowed to go out much because her mother wants to keep her only remaining child safe, yet her building has an increase in crime. Dellie bonds with an abused five-year-old boy in her building named Corey, meanwhile things are becoming rocky with her best friend Kayla.

This was a very touching and beautiful story about family, friends, and faith. A huge lesson learned. Jul 04, Lexy rated it it was amazing. Oct 15, Katie Young rated it it was amazing. I went into this book not excepting much but loved it. Such a heart-rending story told by a girl going through a hard time. Love it. It's a easy read. Jan 03, Shelby rated it it was amazing. Very good and suspenseful I really like it it was super intense.

A thirteen-year-old girl growing up in the projects faces all sorts of challenges. But even readers who are living in other home situations will find plenty of reasons to connect with Delilah - or Dellie, as she's called. She's crushing on the cutest boy in her seventh grade classes, and she's getting the hint that he might just be crushing on her, too.

Her best friend gets mad at her, and she endures the social sabotage thrown at her by a rebellious classmate who delights in making her suffer. Her math grades are terrible, and the new substitute teacher isn't cutting anyone any slack. And to top it all off, her overly protective mother doesn't allowed her to go outside and play with the other kids after school.

Many of these woes probably sound normal to other kids. What isn't normal is Dellie's burden of guilt. Her younger brother died last year, and she's sure it was her fault. Her mom isn't coping well, and the whole family suffers. Do her parents blame her? And then there's Corey, a small boy in the projects who's eternally hungry and always begging for food. There's more to his story, and Dellie really wants to make his life better. I ached for her attempts, knowing they were fueled by a longing to somehow make up for her brother's death.

How much can one small girl be expected to handle? What hidden hurts do we all carry? How do they affect our behavior? Nearly everyone in Dellie's world has been changed by something bad in their past. Some have triumphed, others have not. What must be accepted and what can be fought against? Is change possible?

When should we let go and when should we hold on even more tightly? So many questions to think about! But, happily, the message that came through to me the clearest was 'stronger together'. I hope that young readers pick up some advice on how to face down their own inner demons, and feel more secure in seeking help from family and friends.

My thanks to author Danette Vigilante for gifting me with a copy of her book. This review is my honest and unbiased opinion. Feb 27, Eye of Sauron rated it it was ok Shelves: fiction , young-adult , middle-grade , contemporary. This is a cute little novel that reminds younger readers of the importance of healthy emotional relationships and the psychological trauma of loss. Like a lot of similar novels, the characters' defining characteristics expand perhaps a bit too much to encompass the majority of their identities e.

Alexa is the jealous and annoying one, the mom is the mournful and overly cautious one, etc. Of course, the plot pans out predictably, and there isn't much in the way of originality or complexity, but again that's not really the point. Would recommend for younger readers. Jan 05, Reedmylife rated it it was ok.

I think this book just tried to cram too many things into such a short book. It tackled grief, death, abuse, betrayal and pretty much anything else under the sun. It also seemed like the main character was replacing her younger brother. I download my pdf via Final Draft and its FDx file.

You just wonder why each page has this gap. Final Draft use Courier 12 and spacing is in accordance with screenplay format. I haven similar problems. Every time I save my final draft work on OfF my work jumps leaving me with gaps and empty pages between my work. When i try to upload books interior file on Ingram Spark website it showing me different error against every file. PDF fule contains layers: we request flattered file no layer.

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Unfortunately, each time I open a file within few seconds it disappears and hence I cannot work with the files. Please let me know whether there is any remedy?

Reinstall it or install an alternate viewer. Sorry for getting off-topic. Has nothing to do with the file itself.

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Many of the pages are cut off at the bottom, although they appear to be the same size on page I am viewing. How can I stop this from happening when the printer for these files does not allow options for fitting the PDF to the page?

Install one that does support scaling. I had a pdf document emailed to me i forward the att. I need someone to tell why. Any idea why I am getting random?? If the PDF is damaged, it is unlikely that you can actually get it fixed. One thing you could try is place each page of the file in a new document in an application like InDesign, in the hope that you can recover everything expect one single damaged page. But, no matter what I choose in the Distiller settings, the resulting PDF always ends up at dpi instead of dpi.

Any ideas? I changed it to be dpi if over dpi. Craig, Quark support never was really helpfull. The callcenter-agents are — in my opinion — not well-trained enough to understand all functions which QuarkXPress has.

In addition to that I saw that Quark is selling support-plans meanwhile, which you can subscribe for some money. But I have no idea if that will provide any better support.

Certainly Adobe is not doing anything better for their customers. It was as if Quark just could not answer my questions about this.

Maybe they wanted me to pay for support?? We have used QuarkXpress for creating magazine files for years and now that most ads arrive as pdfs we get inconsistent results when placing them into Quark, then outputting to final pdf for printing. We preflight ads in Acrobat pro — images high res, cmyk, etc We place them into Q8 We output with press settings to printers pdf.

I sent Quark an original supplied pdf that I had preflighted in acrobat, also sent them a one page quark file with the ad placed, also sent them the resulting press pdf with type problems and they were unable to understand, or offer any advice on the subject.

We of course are using indesign for any new work now ouch years old learning a new program! We very seldom use Quark anymore. We did have some problems once and a while when we used a pdf in quark, the pdf we created would have odd fonts that seemed to have pieces clipped off. Now use Indesign and have not had that problem yet. We also have a markwarze plug in to open quark files in indesign, seems to work well.

I get trouble on imposition in Fiery rip when client provide PDF files. The page size is incorrect when I add crop mark or bleed. I found out that the problem is from the page size but you will see all pages is the same size on PDF arcobat.

I think client create the file from differnt application and gather all the page in PDF arcobat, so any idea to fix up? What in the heck is that? Anybody out there have any suggestions? When creating a PDF for web, a large square shaded box appears in the lower left corner, in the background of all pages.

It is not in the original InDesign file. I am working with Indesign5, and having trouble with eps images in this document. Is this an illustrator saving problem? Help much appreciated. I am trying to create a clean compare plain text to text, number to number of two pdfs.

The PDFs I receive to compare are created from a proprietary sofware and must contain a lot of garbage. Is there a way to strip out everything.

Would that be the case where I would need to open it in photoshop to create an image? The problem is that it is about 60 pages long. Everyone can get a free registration code after answering a simple math question. Is there any way to control the size of a final PDF x1a file? My job requires that I send publication material globally and sometimes there are language barriers, so e-mailing a PDF is the most fool proof way of doing this but sometimes the PDF x1a files end up being too large to e-mail.

This risk is however that the quality of images suffers so I cannot really recommend this. If you want to stick to e-mail instead of FTP or some portal solution, cutting the file into separate parts which all get mailed separately also keeps file sizes down. What I did experience recently is that many companies seem to have eased up on the maximum size of attachments. People that in the past could only receive 5 MB attachments suddenly have no problems receiving 40 MB files.

We have been having issues with text and formatting being dropped out when distilling Word source files. No PDF file produced.

That is a fairly common error — more information on it is available on this page. We had this problems when we are printing. Can some help me?? Acrobat Professional has limited text editing capabilities and there are a few plug-ins that offer more powerful editing tools. You can use some of the PDF profiles already included in the software, but it would be best if you create your own PDF profile.

One PSD image goes white the shape of the image is there, but the details disappear — the background was removed with Background Eraser tool in PS. I have a layer filled with a grey pantone colour underneath this image.