In the mid- 90s we had a college student come to my class for a project on the impact of sci-fi/fantasy novels on kids. We had a selection of books to choose from, like “Girl with the Silver Eyes” and the Tripod trilogy. There was one I started, but had to give back the next day as the project ended earlier for some reason.
I think the title had something to do with “moon” or had the word “moon” in it. It started with a girl escaping a city through the sewer (I think she lived there with extended family?) to go find her mother. I think it was kind-of in the dystopian genre. The mom was presumed dead, or shunned from society in some way.
Still looking for this one
There’s some overlap with Margaret Peterson Haddix’s ‘Running Out of Time’, though the dystopic elements of that are subtle.
Thank you, I think the setting was more fantasy than that one.
It sounds a lot like Wind Singer by William Nicholson, though the publication date seems wrong. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/295169.The_Wind_Singer?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hmu0caOXNz&rank=1
Thank you, it does sound really close, but off by just a few years. Unless we received an advanced print or something!