The Trouble with Shooting Stars by Meg Cannistra, 321 pages.
Simon & Schuster, 2019. $18.
Language: G Mature Content: G Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Luna is having a hard time accepting the facial scarring
she’s had since the car accident. The mask she wears doesn’t help. She doesn’t
want to go to school and won’t return her friend’s calls. Then a new family
moves in next door and they are anything but ordinary. Luna sees them playing
with stars and before long she is invited to join them on their nightly voyages
to sweep the moon, care for the stars, and collect their dust. Luna is most
hopeful about catching a shooting star so she can have her wish granted.
This book is both realistic fiction and fantasy. It’s easy
to be drawn into Luna’s tragic world where she must let go of the person she
once was and accept the person she is now. However, the fantasy part with stars
that talk and have personalities might not be for everyone. The best way to
describe it is a little bit Peter Pan and a little bit Wonder.
Reviewer: Valerie McEnroe, MLIS
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