Kick the Moon

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Ilyas is getting in with a bad crowd, and has ended up in a gang and doing things he doesn’t want because he’s scared and this comes across so well. He crushes hard on Jade but after meeting Kelly in a near accident has his head turned as Jade and her girl gang are mean to her. Ilyas’ story really begins when he ends up punching a fellow student for saying horrible things about his mum and of course, Ilyas is the one blamed for acting violently. He’s compensating for something, trying to fit in, or internalizing the nastiest ills of society for sure.

Until he’s serving detention and meets Kelly, who is just as fed up as he is, however, the protection that their detention provides won’t last forever and Ilyas must face the consequences or risk losing the only person who gets him. I am delighted to say that it is an excellent book with a gripping story of young Ilyas that really presents an honest and character-driven perspective on some very real issues that face boys and young men in the world today. Stereotypes are drawn on only to be broken down in this great follow up to debut YA novel 'I Am Thunder'.Kick the Moon ( Korean: 신라의 달밤; RR: Silla ui dalbam) is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kim Sang-jin. Kick the Moon follows fifteen-year old aspiring comic illustrator Ilyas as he approaches his GCSE exams. I highly recommend picking this book up and also reading his other book I Am Thunder if you haven’t! the graphic novel storyline was great but i think it could have developed more, the family at the centre of the story were well written and that dynamic interested me.

tbh i think this book could have been great if i had been remoulded and delved a bit deeper into some topics. In this novel, his writing style and dialogue have really improved and the plot and pacing were solid throughout.It definitely fills a gap the book world and it was refreshing to read about a teenager who isn’t full of flowery language. I have always wanted to see a superhero who looked like me and I was so happy to see that in this book! After enduring racist ridicule over his World Book Day costume in primary school (“Superman ain’t no brown boy”), gifted aspiring comic book creator Ilyas is inspired to create his own British Pakistani superhero, PakCore. Together the pair decide to enter a competition being run to find a new talent in the world of comic book illustrators. The main theme that is addressed in this book is toxic masculinity and how this can affect not only the boys life but also those around him.

She not only understood Muzna - this character I was just as fiercely protective of as any of my real-life students - but she knew exactly how to present her to the world. But when Kelly catches the eye of one of the local bad boys, Imran, he decides to seduce her for a bet – and Ilyas is faced with losing the only person who understands him.

There is so much more I want to say but I don’t want to spoil anyone so I will just say this, this book deals with really heavy topics but it is also fun and uplifting and that representation is so important and I want more and I’m sure many others do as well!