The Star Outside my Window

'I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter. Grown-ups call them astronomers, but I think Star Hunter sounds much better. I was going to become one when I finished school, but I can't wait that long any more. You see, I have to find my mum.

Everyone says she's gone, but I know that's not true - I know she's turned into a star. She's breaking all the rules of the universe to find me again. And I'm going to break all the rules I know to help her do it.'

A beautifully written and compelling tale of two children who find themselves in foster care after their mother suddenly disappears. But Aniyah knows that the brightest hearts never truly disappear - they become stars. So when scientists discover a new star acting strangely, she knows it's really her mum. To make sure everyone else knows it's her, Aniyah decides they must break into the Royal Observatory of London.

**May cause distress for children who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse