"Moonwind" is a 1986 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novel by English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 author Louise Lawrence

Louise Lawrence

Elizabeth Holden, better known by her pen name Louise Lawrence, is an English science fiction author, acclaimed during the 1970s and 1980s. She has been classified as a writer for young adults, though due to the content of her books some have disagreed....

 about two teenagers winning a trip to the moon. One of them, Gareth, a rebellious Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 child, falls in love with an alien

Extraterrestrial life

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, Bethkahn, after the two meet on a couple of brief encounters. In the final pages of the book Gareth walks out onto the moon to his death, just before shouting "I am here, Bethkahn"