The Starlight Rebel

The year is 3897, and life on Earth is a neon dream, all flashing lights and buzzy noise - and no one
remembers that there used to be a night sky behind the illuminated one above them, with stars beyond. As she turns 11, neurodivergent, freckled Astrifer Nova is nothing like her sporty, high-achieving twin brother, Blaze. And on the day of her Work Path Allocation ceremony which determines the course of her life, she is crushed when she gets assigned to the sock factory.

But all is not as it seems, and as she uncovers layers of hidden truths all around her, Astrifer discovers that the world is bigger than she ever imagined - and that it''s up to her and a motley crew of new friends to challenge the status quo. Turns out, their differences may be exactly what the planet needs...<>

About the author

Lisette Auton is a northern disabled writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film and theatre-maker, and creative practitioner. She's an award-winning poet who has performed at Northern Stage, ARC, the Southbank Centre and the Sage, in pubs, in a crypt, at festivals, indoors, outdoors, on a bridge and in a launderette.

Product details

• Authors: Lisette Auton
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 03.07.2025
• EAN: 9780241732731
• ISBN: 978-0-241-73273-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Earth, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Interest age: from c 8 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, JUVENILE FICTION / Neurodiversity