Girl Made of Stars
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781328778239
Pages
304 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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. With sensitivity and openness, this timely novel confronts the difficult questions surrounding consent, victim blaming, and sexual assault.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL740L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Bisexuality; Androgyny; bisexual; bisexual teenager; genderqueer; genderqueer teenager
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Asian American / White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
bisexual female; genderqueer person
Keywords
sexual assault; rape; twins; constellations; gemini; high school; music; feminism; survivor
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Blake, Ashley Herring, "Girl Made of Stars" (2018). Diverse Families. 1485.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1485