A Pocketful of Stars

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Whenever I discuss my early childhood, I realise it was very different to the one a lot of my peers have had. Except she sees Elle before me, because she stands out way more than I do, with her bright red mane like a beacon of light. That has stuck with me, because I don’t think advice about the writing process necessarily works for everyone, but advice on how to look at things a little bit differently just might. Many colorful stars are packed close together in this image of the globular cluster NGC 1805, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The striking difference in star colours is illustrated beautifully in this image, which combines two different types of light: blue stars, shining brightest in near- ultraviolet light, and red stars, illuminated in red and near- infrared.

A Pocketful of Stars – HarperCollins Publishers UK

I am all for shorter books, not every book needs to be the next Eragon or what have you, but in all honesty I was more interested in the side plotline than the main one, and I felt like it wasn't wrapped up particularly well. But she finds out soon enough that in fact the burning fire inside them is the same - glowing red and orange. Aisha is so talented at really taking you into a character’s head – picking up on those everyday details, articulating how things really feel and conveying emotion in an immediate and deceptively simple way. As she sat beside her mother’s bed in hospital, she had strange dreams about her mother when she was a little girl.Saff, your mum said I could come round tonight for dinner,’ Elle says when she finally catches up with me. She dreams herself into a house where she has never been but where her mother lived in her childhood. Teenage Safia (Saffy) is not the same as her friends and peers in school although she longs to be, but only sometimes. Wonderful storyline and the characters were so thought out, each one written to play their rolls perfectly. With Aisha’s book, she felt that the magical element needed to change – which meant quite a lot of reworking – so it was a really brave decision to trust that feeling and go for it.

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She has no one to turn to and had a neighbor trying to get her to sell out to him by any means necessary. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. This is Saffy's real world of growing-up, in school when she has to wear a 'snot-green' uniform, where her best friendship with Elle is broken, because Elle has found herself a boyfriend who is unacceptable to Saffy and where she herself seems isolated from the rest. A lot of nostalgia, for me, is tied into my formative memories of Kuwait, but it feels so distant now that it’s almost like I made it up.And Aisha always knew that this journey would involve magic coming into Safiya’s life and allowing her to see into her mum’s past. Elle says she’s going to pop to the toilets quickly so I stop, for a moment, and watch Mum standing there alone. A good read for those interested in stories around world-building, magic and dealing with bereavement. I love the fact that none of the mother-daughter fights in this book are one-sided - Safiya's mum genuinely says and does things she shouldn't and so does Safiya (and Safiya's grandmother, too, in the memories Safiya witnesses). Sometimes we even forget where we are because the Saff and Elle bubble is indestructible – even an army of goblins couldn’t break through it.

A Pocketful of Stars | BookTrust

This was a great book that will really engage many young readers but there will need to be clear understanding of the children and any family circumstances as well as being ready to support children’s reactions to the emotions around dealing with illness and death. We also love that Aisha’s writing has the ability to surprise readers – she likes to play with form (as in the video game element in A Pocketful of Stars, and interweaving different narratives in her latest series, Moonchild) – she’s still experimenting with different techniques and form and this is really exciting!I’m not a gamer but I know how important gaming can be to a lot of people and I’m so glad they entered that competition! He is not sure what is going on but was taught to make his word count and that is what he plans on doing. I connected with main character Safiya straight away, and loved the way Aisha wove magic into the story to explore her journey.