Stardust



Gaiman, Neil. 2009. Stardust. New York, NY:HarperCollins. ISBN: 0380804557 (ebook). Ebook $ 7.74 Age 15+

There is nothing particularly extraordinary about the town of Wall. Except, of course, that it borders the land of Faerie- an exceptionally fantastical land filled with enchanted (and bloodthirsty) forests, faeries, and witches to name a few. When Tristran sees a star fall on the Faerie side of the wall, he promises the woman of his dreams that he will find it and bring it to her if she promises to do anything he asks in return. When she agrees, he embarks on a strange and dangerous journey, only to discover that the star in question isn’t a hunk of fallen rock, as he had imagined, but an actual girl named Yvain. A beautiful girl who seems to glitter and glow when pleased, and who is particularly aggravating when she is angry, which, of course, is how Tristran first finds her. Of course, you would be angry too if you were struck in the head with a foreign object and cast millions of miles from your home in the sky to land in a strange land. Especially when that land is also full of witches and princes who are hunting you for less than friendly purposes. Can Tristran protect Yvain from those that mean her harm? Will he successfully lead (drag) Yvain to meet the woman he believes he loves? Or will all his dreams turn to nothing more than Stardust?

A fun, challenging, and interesting fantasy novel, Stardust is a great fairy tale for older readers.

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