Name: Girl Made of Stars
Price: 37.92 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Ashley Herring Blake
ISBN: 9780358108221

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ashley Herring Blake

Publisher

Clarion Books

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9780358108221

Synopsis "Girl Made of Stars "

Girl Made of Stars is a timely, emotionally gripping story about facing hard truths of consent and victim blaming in the aftermath of sexual assault, while shining a light on the story of a survivor with sensitivity and hope. For fans of Girl in Pieces and The Way I Used to Be. Mara and Owen are as close as twins can get, so when Mara's friend Hannah accuses Owen of rape, Mara doesn't know what to think. Can her brother really be guilty of such a violent act? Torn between her family and her sense of right and wrong, Mara feels lost, and it doesn't help that things are strained with her ex-girlfriend, Charlie. As Mara, Hannah, and Charlie come together in the aftermath of this terrible crime, Mara must face a trauma from her own past and decide where Charlie fits into her future. Confronting difficult questions surrounding consent, victim blaming, and sexual assault, Girl Made of Stars is a timely, emotionally gripping novel that shines a light on the story of a survivor with sensitivity and hope.

Ashley Herring Blake

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Ashley Herring Blake is the author of the young adult novels Suffer Love, How to Make a Wish, and Girl Made of Stars, as well as the middle grade works Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James, and Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @ashleyblake and on her website ashleyherringblake.com. She lives in Georgia.

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