In this mysterious and mesmerizing fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Splendor and Glooms and Circus Mirandus, a windswept girl who can float among the Stars searches for her long-lost father at a shadow-filled carnival.
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She lives with her husband in Arizona, waiting (and waiting and waiting) for the rain, photographing hummingbirds, and reading and writing strange little stories. --Cassie Beasley, New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus About author(s): Heather Kassner loves thunderstorms, hummingbirds, and books. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review Like the carnival at its heart, this story is richly magical and delightfully eerie. * Irresistible.
Featuring illustrations by Iz Ptica.
In The Forest of Stars , Heather Kassner weaves a spectacle of wondrous magic, unexpected friendship, and dark secrets.
As fate tugs Louisa closer to the stars, she must decide if she\'s willing to slip into the injured performer\'s role, despite the darkness plucking at the carnival\'s magical threads.
Only, soon after she arrives, a tightrope act ends disastrously--and suspiciously.
If her father fits in nowhere else, maybe she\'ll find him there, dazzling crowds alongside the other strange and wonderful feats.
But for all her sky gazing, Louisa finds her fortune on the leaf-strewn street when she spots a gleaming black-and-gold invitation--a ticket to the Carnival Beneath the Stars.
As if she is made of hollow bones and too much air, her feet never quite touch the ground.
Long ago, a powerful gust of wind swept through town, stealing him away on the wings of his untamed magic--the same magic that stirs within Louisa. --Newbery Honor winner Ingrid Law Left all alone after her mother passes away, twelve-year-old Louisa LaRoche watches the sky for her father. a tale of hope, courage, and friendship. . .
Kassner\'s writing dazzles .
In this mysterious and mesmerizing fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Splendor and Glooms and Circus Mirandus, a windswept girl who can float among the Stars searches for her long-lost father at a shadow-filled carnival
