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The Starlight Conspiracy by Steve Voake (view source)
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|title=The Starlight Conspiracy
|date=March 2007
|isbn=978-0571229987
|website=http://www.stevevoake.co.uk
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Fourteen year old Berry is at a crossroads. Her beloved mother has just died and Social Services are refusing to allow her to continue with the travelling life she and her mother had led. They've found her a foster home and a place at a nearby secondary school. Berry has never been to school and she doesn't want to start now. But even her fellow travellers think it's for the best. Pondering her best escape route, Berry wanders into the road, right in front of a bus. And that's when everything changes.
''The Starlight Conspiracy'' is approachable and exciting enough for confident readers at the late primary and early secondary stages but its moral questions probably best suit the early to middle teens range. For both, it's highly recommended.
My thanks to the publisher, Faber, for sending the book. We also have a review of [[Hooey Higgins and the Shark by Steve Voake]].
Older teens would like [[Being]] by [[:Category:Kevin Brooks|Kevin Brooks]] and younger children more interested in action and less interested in the otherworldly would enjoy [[:Category:Joe Craig|Joe Craig's]] [[Jimmy Coates]] series. You might also enjoy [[Adaptation by Malinda Lo]].
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