We Hexed the Moon

A Novel

By: Mollyhall Seeley

Narrated by: Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Bunny meets The Craft in this speculative debut about four best friends who perform a ritual on the moon in a last-ditch attempt to hold onto one another but are forced to reckon with the consequences.

It is the summer after high school graduation, and four island-grown best friends are about to be forced apart by their Plans for the Future. Rather than process the world of expectations bearing down on them or the secrets they’ve kept hidden even from one another, they perform a ritual on the moon in an impulsive fit of teen bravado.

They don’t expect it to actually work.

But suddenly the moon is gone from the sky and at their sleepover, and she’s not interested in going back where she came from. As the balmy August night unfolds, the girls scramble to find a human sacrifice to replace the moon before their world is plunged into chaos.

Equally tender and biting, We Hexed the Moon is coming-of-age at its best, cutting to the very quick of girlhood to reveal hilarious and brutally honest insights about friendship, gender, and desire.

Critic reviews

“Full of young-adult wisdom, braiding dark and light together, We Hexed the Moon is a charmer."
-Ali Smith, award-winning author of The Seasonal Quartet

"A witty and unique transformation of the coming-of-age novel.”
-Zito Madu, author of The Minotaur at Calle Lanza

"A raw portrayal of the quaking, hungry, and sometimes deadly power of friendship...Seeley's prose is heartrending, hilarious, and tender."
-Rebecca Mock, author of Salt Magic