{"id":12314,"date":"2022-01-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12314"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:59:25","slug":"when-tattooed-boy-starling-falls-from-the-sky-yalit-by-isabel-strychacz-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12314","title":{"rendered":"When tattooed boy STARLING falls from the sky.. #YALit by Isabel Strychacz (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=12315\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"596,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"starling-9781534481107_xlg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?resize=298%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Starling, by Isabel Strychacz. Published by Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" class=\"wp-image-12315\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/starling-9781534481107_xlg.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A lifetime of following the very unusual,<br>wanting to escape sneering neighbors,<br>graduation seems as far away as the stars\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outcasts in their odd California desert town, teens Delta and Bee try to keep folks from realizing that Dad stepped into a different dimension a few weeks ago, not just off on another esoteric research trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their house on the outskirts of Darling truly has a mind of its own, and the sisters won&#8217;t open the hall closet door, hoping Dad will walk back through someday soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/10-memorable-meteor-crashes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a meteor<\/a> or plane or something crashes into their woods one night, Delta ventures out and finds a boy covered with moving tattoos &#8211; but who could have survived this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe Starling is a boy, but more likely not. If they can&#8217;t find the object he needs to return home, can he survive here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Del&#8217;s sort-of-boyfriend finds out about Starling and tells his dad the mayor\u2026. oh no!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recounted from Delta&#8217;s and Starling&#8217;s perspectives, this tale of disconnection, love, and loss brings the distant near.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes a place &#8216;home&#8217; for you?<br>*kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book Info<\/strong>: Starling \/ Isabel Strychacz. Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isabelstrychacz.com\/books\/starling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">author site<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Starling\/Isabel-Strychacz\/9781534481107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publisher site<\/a>) Review copy &amp; cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lifetime of following the very unusual,wanting to escape sneering neighbors,graduation seems as far away as the stars\u2026 Outcasts in their odd California desert town, teens Delta and Bee try to keep folks from realizing that Dad stepped into a different dimension a few weeks ago, not just off on another esoteric research trip. 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