To The Rhythm of The Moon

This charming story is peopled with characters that engage the reader and a plot that will keep the pages turning. It is a book to be read at that sensitive age, the cusp between childhood and womanhood; the age when there are so many questions and no one we ask, if we have the courage to ask at all, seems to have satisfying answers. Capino's light touch belies the depth of the ideas she presents. Through an appealing story with action, suspense and romance the characters learn to rely on themselves and their own in-born wisdom to cope with the difficult situations and decisions that they must face. Through the eyes of Milada, an orphan girl living with a band of gypsies possessing profound knowledge, the plot, with suspense and romance, carries the reader through themes of belonging, growth, love and change. There are deaths and there are births. Years and seasons pass as the characters grow and develop, measured by the ever-changing phases of the moon.