What Stars Are Made Of [Paperback]

From debut author Sarah Allen comesWhat Stars Are Made Of, a pitch-perfect, heartwarming middle grade novel about growing up, finding yourself, and loving people with everything youre made of.

Twelve-year-old Libby Monroe is great at science, being optimistic, and talking to her famous, accomplished friends (okay, maybe that last one is only in her head). Shes not great at playing piano, sitting still, or figuring out how to say the right thing at the right time in real life. Libby was born with Turner Syndrome, and that makes some things hard. But she has lots of people who love her, and that makes her pretty lucky.

When her big sister Nonny tells her shes pregnant, Libby is thrilledbut worried. Nonny and her husband are in a financial black hole, and Libby knows that babies arent always born healthy. So she strikes a deal with the universe: Shell enter a contest with a project about Cecelia Payne, the first person to discover what stars are made of. If she wins the grand prize and gives all that money to Nonnys family, then the baby will be perfect. Does she have what it takes to care for the sister that has always cared for her? And what will it take for the universe to notice?

A pitch-perfect, heartwarming middle grade novel about growing up, finding yourself, and loving people with everything youre made of.Sarah Allenhas been published in The Evansville Review, Allegory, and on WritersDigest. She has an MFA from Brigham Young University. Like Libby, she was born with Turner Syndrome.What Stars are Made Ofis her first novel.

In her stunning debut middle grade novel, Allen, who was also born with Turner syndrome, explores themes of family loyalty and personal resilience and resolve, wrapping them up in a clever story of science, how the universe works and how stars can truly guide the way.What Stars Are Made Ofis a tender portrait of a compassionate heroine trying to make things right in her univerl#k