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by Diane Jodouin (Author)
Some days, just getting out of bed feels like the hardest trick of all.
Wolf is fifteen, a skateboarder, and one of the best in Montréal's scene - or at least, she used to be. Lately, everything feels numb. Her grades are slipping. She's pulling away from her crew. She can't even look at her board without feeling like a fraud. What used to feel like flying now just feels far away.
Wolf is struggling with depression - and she's trying to hide it from everyone she loves.
Set in the streets of Montréal, My Wolf Moon follows Wolf as she navigates the heaviest year of her life. There's Lexie, her older sister - the first person Wolf lets close enough to say the word depression out loud. There's her crew - her best friends Jayden, Liv, and Riya - who keep showing up even when she pushes them away. There's Connor, the new guy from B.C. who sees through her "I'm fine" face from the very first hallway glance. And there's Reed, her therapist, who helps her figure out that getting better isn't about being fearless - it's about showing up anyway.
When Wolf and her crew enter Roule Tremblant, Montréal's biggest action sports competition, winning the podium means nothing if she can't get out of her own way first.
My Wolf Moon is a story about depression, friendship, grief, and healing - and the kind of love that shows up when you need it most - in a best friend's brutal honesty, a first love who doesn't look away, and a pack that refuses to let you disappear. It's about self-discovery, identity, and learning that you don't have to wait for the fog to lift. You can walk through it.
My Wolf Moon includes a resource page with crisis support lines for Canada, the US, and internationally.
Perfect for readers 12 and up who love realistic fiction with heart, My Wolf Moon is a coming-of-age story about self-discovery, first love, and mental health tackled with honesty and hope - without ever making it feel like a lecture. For fans of All the Bright Places, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and The Way I Used to Be.
This is a story for everyone who's ever felt alone in a crowded room - and needed proof they weren't.
