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octavia_cade 's review for:
What Stars Are Made Of
by Sarah Allen
This was a really likeable read, and right up my science communicator alley. I came across it while doing the 2021 Book Riot Read Harder challenge - it was one of their suggestions for task 21, a children's book that centres a disabled character but not their disability. It's about 12 year old Libby, who has Turner's Syndrome, and who is determined to get the astronomer Cecilia Payne her rightful place in science history textbooks, because the ones Libby has at school don't mention her at all. (Libby's right, they should. Payne discovered the chemical composition of stars, but of course the credit was frequently later given to the man who tried to convince her she was wrong and then later published similar results. Boo. Boo!)
The whole thing is charming and good-natured and hopeful, and Libby's a fantastic character. She's backed up by a fantastic family, a fantastic best friend, and a fantastic teacher, which is good to read as well, a supremely supportive environment all round. I just really enjoyed it, and it was the perfect book for this challenge for me.
The whole thing is charming and good-natured and hopeful, and Libby's a fantastic character. She's backed up by a fantastic family, a fantastic best friend, and a fantastic teacher, which is good to read as well, a supremely supportive environment all round. I just really enjoyed it, and it was the perfect book for this challenge for me.