What Came from the Stars

Name: What Came from the Stars
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary D. Schmidt
ISBN: 9781470340209

Author: Gary D. Schmidt

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/11/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Fantasy Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Gary D. Schmidt's best-selling books have won widespread acclaim while racking up numerous honors. In What Came from the Stars, Tommy is coping with the loss of his mother when he finds a mysterious necklace in his lunchbox. Little does he know that he's now in possession of a planet from across the cosmos - and that he will soon be targeted by the planet's enemies.

About Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt is the bestselling author of The Labors of Hercules Beal; Just Like That; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars. He is also a contributor to and coeditor, with Leah Henderson, of the acclaimed short story collection A Little Bit Super. He lives in rural Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathe Fein

I am a fan of Gary Schmidt and think he's a wonderful writer, but I unfortunately I did not enjoy this book. I am not a fan of high fantasy so that was a problem right there as this book alternates between extremely high fantasy chapters that take place in another world with strangely-named characte......more