Stargazing

Christine is a careful girl in a Chinese-American suburb, raised by strict parents. Moon, who moves in next door, is her opposite: confident, impulsive and artistic, and unlike anyone else Christine has met there.

The two become close fast. They trade favorite music videos and paint their toenails whenever Christine's parents are out of the house. Moon trusts her with a secret. She sometimes has visions of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars and tell her that Earth is not where she belongs.

Those visions have a root closer to home than the sky. Before long Moon is in the hospital, fighting for her life, and Christine has to work out what kind of friend Moon needs from her now.

This is a story about a friendship between two girls, told with the pull of a coming-of-age book. It starts with small, warm everyday moments and shifts toward a heavier, more frightening stretch as Moon's condition worsens. Jen Wang and Julia Osuna Aguilar are credited as its authors.