A Pocketful of Stars

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This assured and beautifully written debut perfectly captures that awkward phase of growing up when you feel left behind and uncertain who you are. As Safiya struggles to fit in at school she wonders if her mum wishes she was more like her confident best friend Elle. Space telescopes like Hubble can observe in the ultraviolet because they are positioned above Earth’s atmosphere, which absorbs most of this wavelength, making it inaccessible to ground-based facilities.

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The Branford Boase judges said :‘I love the voice, and the story brought me to tears’; ‘Safiya is a very well rounded, developed character’; ‘a really clever idea, and the story is so well told’; ‘she makes the magic credible’; ‘I was so impressed by the way the friendships developed’.

I feel really sorry for Safiya when Aminah(her mum) had a stroke and was in hospital and she thinks playing the game in her mind might help save her mum by the house looking good.

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Awal buku memang plotnya agak lambat dan baru mulai seru ketika Safiya udah mulai mengerti tentang masa lalu ibunya ini. I try to load the page over and over, until all the tickets have sold out and the page shows a big sad smiley face with a pop-up bubble that says ‘Maybe next year’. Fiercely independent and stubborn as a mule Carlie Anne doesn't back off for anyone, putting herself in harm's way. It thought it was a brilliant book as it told you that you should always be grateful for your parents and family members as you never know what their past has been like.But she finds out soon enough that in fact the burning fire inside them is the same - glowing red and orange. But then her mum falls into a coma and, when Safiya waits by her bedside, she finds herself in a strange and magical world that looks a bit like one of her games. Observing such clusters of stars can help astronomers understand how stars evolve, and what factors determine whether they end their lives as white dwarfs or explode as supernovae.