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A glasshouse of stars

Name: A glasshouse of stars
ISBN: 9781474991087

By Shirley Marr

In a frightening new home, Meixing discovers a broken glasshouse where impossible memories begin to grow.

poignant magical atmospheric hopeful

Genres

Fantasy Friendship/Family Realistic Fiction

What is A glasshouse of stars about?

Meixing Lim and her family leave their old life behind to begin again in Australia. Their new house is enormous, strange and frightening, and Meixing finds it hard to understand the language, customs and people around her. When she discovers a broken glasshouse in the garden, it becomes a place where memories, dreams and mysterious visions come alive. As her family faces loneliness, hardship and danger, Meixing must draw on courage, imagination and love to find her own sense of home.

Pages

259 pages

Reading age

Older Junior (10-15)

This edition

2021

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