The Heaviest Boy on the Moon

About this book

On the rim of Shackleton Crater, in the lunar settlement of Lantern Rim, everyone weighs almost nothing, except eleven-year-old Rafferty Osei-Lindqvist. On the Moon, a grudge has weight, and Raff keeps forty-one of them in a battered notebook, starting with the father who went back to Earth. Raff is rude, clever and proud of being the heaviest boy on the Moon, and he has made a business of it. When he discovers he can carry other children's grudges for chocolate, he grows so heavy the floor tiles crack. The Safety Officer gives him a deadline. A new girl from Amman is floating off the floor because she can't hold a grudge at all. And the Dark Week, when the sun leaves the rim, is forty days away. How much can one boy carry before it carries him?