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Starling
By (Author) Isabel Strychacz
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
15th January 2023
Reprint
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
464
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 28mm
367g
Edward Scissorhands meets When the Moon Was Ours in this darkly whimsicalengrossing (Kirkus Reviews) novel about two teen sisters who fight to protect the mysterious stranger who literally fell from the stars and into their backyard.
Strange things have always happened in the small town of Darling
Yet Delta Wilding and her sister Bee are familiar with the peculiar. Raised by an eccentric father always on the hunt for the spectacular, theyre used to following weather patterns that twirl onto strange paths, a car that refuses to play any artist but one, and living in a sentient house with whims of its own. But when a mysterious boy falls from the stars into the woods behind the Wilding sisters farmhouse, nothing can prepare them for the extraordinary turn their lives are about to take.
Extraordinary, and dangerous.
Starling Rust is not from this world and his presence in the Wilding home brings attention. As the terrified locals, Deltas ex-boyfriend, and the unscrupulous mayor descend onto their home, both Delta and her sister go to incredible lengths to protect their mystical visitorespecially as Deltas growing feelings for Starling could prove the greatest risk of all.
Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area. Analumna of Mills College with degrees in English andhistory, she currently lives in England with her husband, where she works as a copywriter for a PRand communications agency. She is also the author of the novelStarling.You can find her online@IsabelStrychaczAuthor (Instagram),@IsabelStrychacz (Twitter),and atIsabelStrychacz.com.