<p><strong>*Chosen as a 2020 Kids’ Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist*</strong></p><p><strong>“Shveta Thakrar''s prose is as beautiful as starlight.”—<em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Holly Black</strong></p><p><strong>This gorgeously imagined YA debut blends shades of Neil Gaiman’s <em>Stardust</em> and a breathtaking landscape of Hindu mythology into a radiant contemporary fantasy.</strong></p><p>The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. Pretending to be “normal.” But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father in the hospital, Sheetal needs a full star’s help to heal him. A star like her mother, who returned to the sky long ago.</p><p>Sheetal’s quest to save her father will take her to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows, where she must take the stage as her family’s champion in a comp