The Starlight Rebel
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The year is 3897, and life on Earth is a neon dream, all flashing lights and buzzy noise - and no one remembers that behind the illuminated shell above them there's a night sky filled with stars.
As she turns 11, neurodivergent, freckled Astrifer Nova is nothing like her sporty, high-achieving twin brother, Blaze. And on the day of her Work Path Allocation ceremony which determines the course of her life, she is crushed when she gets assigned to the something as boring as the sock factory.
But all is not as it seems, and as she uncovers layers of hidden truths all around her, Astrifer discovers that the world is bigger than she ever imagined - and that it's up to her and a motley crew of new friends (including one from very far away) to challenge the status quo. Turns out, their differences may be exactly what the planet needs...
Lisette Auton
Lisette Auton is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. That means she does stuff with words, mainly as an author, performer and playwright. Her favourite stories to read and write are those where magic leaks into the everyday. She is proudly northern, disabled and neurodivergent, and the author of The Attic Door to Nowhere.
You can find her work in galleries, online, in theatres and bookshops, as well as random places such as railway station waiting rooms and launderettes. When she’s not playing with words you will find her collecting conkers and pebbles, or having a nap.
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