The Moon Can Tell

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By Dana S. Frank ’80

Published April 23, 2018

In The Moon Can Tell (CreateSpace) 13-year-old Philippa Swift didn’t imagine she would find a best friend in Eliza Romin, nevertheless the two become close in Munich, Germany in 1969. But when Philippa falls for the boy who runs a concession stand at the Oktoberfest carnival and Eliza and her family move back to the United States, Philippa isolates herself and confronts who she is and what she wants.

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