Shooting the Moon Themes

When Shooting the Moon starts, Jamie is gung-ho about her brother going to war. In fact, she's jealous. TJ gets to use a gun and fight the bad guys while she's stuck at home, going to school. Snooz...

They say a picture speaks a thousand words, but Jamie would rather a letter from her brother, so when she gets sent rolls of film to develop in Shooting the Moon, she's bummed. She wants to learn a...

Perspective can change the way we see reality. Don't believe us? Try taking a photo of your dog from the floor versus from the couch. Fido will look a lot different from each spot. (Just don't get...

Monsters under the bed. Boogie men. The dark. When you're a little kid, fears are pretty easy to come by—as you get older, though, fear becomes more complex and trickier to pin down. It's not tha...

If you've been around war novels long enough, you know that "duty" is bound to come up sooner or later. Duty is the bread and butter of books about warfare because wars bring up a lot of questions...

Playing pool. Cussing. Watching football. These are all big no-nos for girls in Shooting the Moon. At least, that's what Jamie's told. There's a lot of talk about who can do what, based on gender....

Ah, the good old days, when ice cream was just a nickel and your biggest worry was who was going to win in a game of army. In Shooting the Moon, Jamie tells us a lot about what it was like to grow...

It's time to get deep. What's the meaning of life? How do you know if you have a significant existence? What's the purpose of this whole consciousness thing anyway? Yep, it just got real. Don't say...