Shoot the Moon

From one of America's best-loved storytellers - the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Where the Heat Is - comes a tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years.

In 1972, windswept DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother, Gaylene Harjo, and the disappearance of her baby, Nicky Jack. When the child's pajama bottoms were discovered on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared that he, too, had been killed, although his body was never found.

Nearly thirty years later, Nicky Jack mysteriously returns to DeClare, shocking the town and stirring up long-buried memories. But what he discovers about the night he vanished is more astonishing than he or anyone could have imagine. Piece by piece, what emerges is a story of dashed hopes, desperate love, and a secret that still cries out for justice...and redemption.

Author: Billie Letts
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 07/01/2004
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.34w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9780446500111
Large Print

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 104014 / Shoot the Moon


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2004 pg. 462
Entertainment Weekly 07/16/2004 pg. 82
Romantic Times 07/01/2004 pg. 81 - Excellent
Booksense '76 July 2004 07/01/2004 pg. 1

About the Author
Billie Letts was the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Where the Heart Is, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, Shoot the Moon, and Made in the U.S.A. A native Oklahoman, she died in 2014.