These Broken Stars (#1 Starbound)

Author(s): Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

Teen (Ages 15+)

It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone.


 


Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.
Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder-would they be better off staying here forever?


 


Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won't be the same people who landed on it.


 


The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds.


Product Information

Winner of Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Young Adult Novel 2013. Shortlisted for Inky Awards: Gold Inky 2014 and Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Fantasy Novel 2013.

Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner are longtime friends and sometime flatmates who have travelled the world (but not yet the galaxy), covering every continent between them. They are sure outer space is only a matter of time. Meagan, who is also the author of the Skylark trilogy, lives just outside Washington D.C. (though she considers herself an honorary Aussie), while Amie lives in Melbourne, Australia. Although they currently live apart, they are united by their love of space opera, road trips and second breakfasts...You can find them on Twitter at @AmieKaufman and @MeaganSpooner.

General Fields

  • : 9781743318522
  • : A&U Children's
  • : A & U Children
  • : 0.413
  • : October 2013
  • : 208mm X 138mm
  • : December 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
  • : Paperback
  • : 1312
  • : en
  • : 813.6