Star Daughter

*Chosen as a 2020 Kids'' Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* "Shveta Thakrar''s prose is as beautiful as starlight."-- New York Times bestselling author Holly Black This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil Gaiman''s Stardust and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy. The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. Pretending to be "normal." But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star''s help to heal him. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago. Sheetal''s quest to save her father will take her to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows, where she must take the stage as her family''s champion in a competition to decide the next ruling house of the heavens--and win, or risk never returning to Earth at all. Brimming with celestial intrigue, this sparkling YA debut is perfect for fans of Roshani Chokshi and Laini Taylor.

About the author

Shveta Thakrar is a part-time nagini and full-time believer in magic. Her work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Enchanted Living, Uncanny magazine, A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, and Toil & Trouble. Her debut young adult fantasy novel, Star Daughter, was a finalist for the 2021 Andre Norton Nebula Award, and her second and third novels, The Dream Runners and Divining the Leaves, take place in the same universe. Her adult fantasy novella, Into the Moon Garden, is available as an original audiobook from Audible. When not spinning stories about spider silk and shadows, magic and marauders, and courageous girls illuminated by dancing rainbow flames, Shveta crafts, devours books, daydreams, travels, bakes, and occasionally even plays her harp.

Product details

• Authors: Shveta Thakrar
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780062894625
• ISBN: 978-0-06-289462-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 217 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / Hindu, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Interest age: from c 12 years, Relating to Hindu people and groups, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Legends, Myths, Fables / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Epic *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Religious / Hindu *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Contemporary and urban fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories