The Moon and the Face is a science fiction novel for juvenile readers by Patricia A. McKillip, a sequel to her earlier novel Moon-Flash.

It was first published in hardcover by Atheneum in September 1985, with a paperback edition issued by Berkley Books in October 1986.

[1] Four years after the events of Moon-Flash, Kyreol has trained in the Dome city to be a space pilot, while her friend Terje becomes a hunter-observer.

Alternating chapters follow Kyreol into space and Terje back to their original primitive home on Riverworld.

In a starred review in School Library Journal, Yvonne A. Frey calls the book "[r]ich in imagery, description and characterization," "filled with dichotomies" and with a "suspenseful pace," concluding that "[a]lthough it is a short book, The Moon and the Face is packed with imagery and symbolism that demand second thoughts and readings, and are well worth them.