Ginny Moon

By: Benjamin Ludwig
Location: FIC LUD
Genre: Contemporary fiction

Forever Blue
Forever Home
Forever Ginny!!!

"Ginny Moon is a brilliant debut. I was mightly impressed- this novel has all the elements for critical and popular succcess" Graeme Simsion- The Rosie Project

"I highly recommend Ginny Moon to all readers as a tribute to those of us in this world whose footsteps may vere off the beaten path and to those who see and experience life through spectrums of breathless colors of a different hue.

Bravo, Benjamin Ludwig."- Linda

Ginny, a fourteen year old autistic girl, has covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time. After suffering emotional and physical abuse at the hands of her drug-dependent mother, Ginny has been placed in multiple foster homes by Social Services. The fit just never seems to be there. But, as you will come to know, the remnants of this trauma will slowly tighten day after day. Ginny exhibits a definitely worrisome behavior far beyond her special needs.

Soon Ginny is placed in the home of Brian and Maura Moon who live in what will come to be known as the Blue House. The Blue House environment, with the support of the Moon couple, provide Ginny with a blossoming sense of safety. They become her Forever Mom and Forever Dad and she will be called Forever Girl. Ginny is taken with the exactness of numbers (9 grapes every morning), her watch for keeping exact time, and the comfort of a precise routine. She also has a special fondness for all things Michael Jackson.

A drastic shift takes place when Maura gives birth to a baby girl. The arrival of this child triggers profound and unsettling memories for Ginny and takes her back to when she was nine years old and living with her birth mother. She now obsesses over her Baby Doll that she left behind in her mother's apartment. Unbeknown to her parents, Ginny finds a way to contact her birth mother on a computer at school. It is this innocent action that will turn Ginny's world upside down throughout the rest of the storyline.

Benjamin Ludwig creates such remarkable insight into the multi-faceted inner world of Ginny. He chooses Ginny, herself, as the lead voice of his story. Through beautifully complicated, indepth dialogue, we settle into the precious gem of Ginny's daily life as she works through situations as only she can. As readers, we come to understand more fully how Ginny interprets the predicaments and challenges presented to her and her frustration at misreading social cues. "I am fourteen years old and still on the wrong side of the equal sign."