A Sliver of Stardust

by Marissa Burt

From Marissa Burt, author of Storybound, comes a richly imagined middle grade fantasy. Full of magic and mystery, A Sliver of Stardust is the perfect adventure for fans of A Wrinkle in Time or The Emerald Atlas.

Wren Matthews thought she'd outgrown nursery rhymes a long time ago. But that was before she knew that songs of twinkling little stars and four-and-twenty blackbirds were the key to an ancient, hidden magic.

Wren's discovery catapults her into a world of buried secrets, strange dreams, and a mountain fortress under an aurora-filled sky. But just as she starts to master her unique abilities, her new world begins to crumble around her . . . and only she can save it.

--ALA Booklist

• ISBN10: 0062291572
• ISBN13: 9780062291578
• Publish Date: 20 October 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[tweetybugshouse]

I am big promoter of middle grade books mostly cause i have a middle grade child and i really want to find interesting books for him to enjoy and read and if i love them to all the better so we can discuss books cause i love nothing better then connecting with my kid. A Sliver of Stardust is everything i want for my son in a book. It has Magic, excitement and danger. I read this book in one day i simply could not put it down. I was enchanted by the concept of magic being stardust and that you use children rhymes to make it work. One of the best things i like is that Wren is not able to achieve things right off the bat and that makes her connect with me more. It a whole new concept she should struggle a bit and the fact that her raven does not just jump and take to her right away is a great way to protray this character.

I do like also how the handle bringing the parents into the world of the Fiddlers. So often it seems that kids in these fantasy stories steal off to a new world and we never really find out what they tell the parents and the friends who never see them again. I was also quite tickeled to find out the author is from Washington which is where i am from so I am excited to be promoting a local author. Can't wait for the next one.