A Glasshouse of Stars

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived in the New Land to begin a New Life. Everything is scary and different. Their ever-changing house is confusing and she finds it hard to understand the other children at school. Yet in her magical glasshouse, with a strange black-and-white cat, Meixing finds a place to dream.

But then Meixing's life comes crashing down in unimaginable ways. Only her two new and unexpected friends can help. By being brave together, they will learn how to make the stars shine brighter.

A Glasshouse of Stars is based on the author's childhood and beautifully illustrates the importance of friendship, kindness and love.

"Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic." Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of the Nevermoor series

"A rare and beautiful masterpiece; deeply heartfelt, dreamily magical, and glitteringly hopeful. I adored it!" Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs

Autorentext

Shirley Marr, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta

Klappentext

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land. Everything is vast and unknown, but not in a good way. The New House is Big Scary, and school is Strange and Unfriendly.

Meixing is uncomfortable in her second-hand shoes and embarrassed not to understand the children in her class. But when Meixing's New Life comes crashing down in tragic and unimaginable ways, two new and unexpected friends, who are also having to be brave, help.

It will take all of Meixing's courage and resilience to survive, comforted only by the magic of the glasshouse. A place filled with imagination, a place where she is understood, and CA dream...a place where Meixing will learn how to make the stars shine brighter.

This is a beautiful own voices middle-grade novel, documenting the migrant experience, based on the real childhood experiences of author, Shirley Marr. Told in a unique and poetic childlike voice, A Glasshouse of Stars shows the importance of self- belief, kindness, and love. An uplifting novel to be pressed into every child's hands.

Zusammenfassung
[A] heartfelt novel The Telegraph