Starling
- Author Isabel Strychacz
- Narrator Mara Wilson
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 7 March 2023
- Run Time 13 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction.
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What to expect
Edward Scissorhands meets When the Moon Was Ours in this engrossing 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, they ae 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, Delta’s ex-boyfriend, and the unscrupulous mayor descend onto their home, both Delta and her sister go to incredible lengths to protect their mystical visitor—especially as Delta’s growing feelings for Starling could prove the greatest risk of all.
Critics Review
“Evoking a darkly whimsical tone…this tale is an engrossing, languidly paced work of suspense exploring family and small-town dynamics and loyalties…An earnest, slowly unfolding drama.”
“Strychacz dusts her novel with the supernatural as she puts humanity’s beauty and ugliness on equal display, keeping this heartfelt story from slipping into sentimentality and sparkling all the more for it.”
“Starling will leave you wishing on stars and dropping coins in wells—a breathless dream of a novel about love, family, and the magic surrounding us.”
| Author | Isabel Strychacz |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Mara Wilson |
| Duration | 13 hours and 47 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9798212174442 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction |
| Availability | US |
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