The Lunar Chronicles (Stars Above)

 Hello dear readers, today I will bring you the book review of Stars Above.


Book report                                                                                                                                  Title of the Book: Stars Above                                                                                              Author: Marisa Meyer                                                                                                              Date started/Date completed: 07/30/2020/08/10/2020                                                               Pages read: 369                                                                                                                       Rating: 10/10                                           

Author

 Meyer was born in Tacoma, Washington, United States, and attended Pacific Lutheran University, where she received a degree in creative writing. Before writing Cinder, Meyer worked as a book editor for five years and wrote Sailor Moon fan fiction under the pen name of Alicia Blade. In an interview with The News-Tribune, she said that doing the fan fiction helped her learn the craft of writing, gave her instant feedback, and taught her how to take criticism. Meyer is married to Jesse Taylor. In 2015, she and her husband adopted their twin daughters, Sloane and Delaney. Meyer states that she was initially inspired to write Cinder after participating in the 2008 National Novel Writing Month contest where she wrote a story focusing on a futuristic version of Puss in Boots. The Lunar Chronicles is a four-book series (tetralogy) with volumes based on the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White. The first book, Cinder, was a New York Times bestseller. Author Marissa Meyer biography and booklist In 2013 Meyer received a two-book deal from Feiwel & Friends for a young adult series featuring the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. The first book, Heartless, was set for a Fall 2016 release. It is a stand-alone novel. Publishers Weekly announced that she would write a superhero series afterward.


Marissa Meyer (Author of Cinder)


Questions

Briefly summarize the book

The Keeper

Michelle Benoit, Scarlet s’ granddaughter kept a secret for many years, she had an affair with Logan, a Lunar doctor and she returned to Earth. She also is a pilot. Meanwhile, Scarlet since she was seven years old, escaped from her father's house because he was mentally unstable and drunk and she went to her grandma s house on many occasions. But she had a secret that she couldn’t tell anyone, including her granddaughter, she had kept Selene since she was three years old, after she was burned into the nursery, the little princess was in a machine so she can recover. Then she had a plan to bring another doctor, Linh Garran to turn her into a cyborg. It was the only way she can be saved and protected from Levana. The surgery was a success and finally Scarlet stayed at her grandma s house and Selene was awake with a new identity and a new name: Cinder and was adopted by Linh Garran.

Glitches

After Cinder was adopted by Lihn Garan, she started to know Adri, her stepmother, Pearl, and Peony her stepsisters and Iko who is an android. Then she started to play code dressing with Peony. Later Garan came homesick and was dying from letumosis and finally he was found dead. 

The Queen s' army

When Zeev Kesley was 12 he was selected to form part of the Queen Levana s' Army. And he didn't saw his family since he entered. He had many modifications that made him more savage and like a wolf. In the beginning, he was an Omega, but soon as he gains strength and experience he became Beta. And he was shadowed by one of his wolf brothers Ran. Five years later, the old wolf alpha, decided to challenge him and provoked him to kill him, and finally, Wolf became the new Alpha and that pleased the Queen. 


Carswell s' Guide to Being Lucky

Capitan Throne was in middle school and he started to not take his studies seriously especially math because he hates it (it was not because he was not good at it). Later he was punished by his parents because of his low grades in math. Then the Literature teacher assigned him to work in pairs to find a book that identifies him and why and he wanted to work with Kate because she is the best student in his class so in exchange he will copy her math homework. At the same time, he saved Kate from her bullies and he was punished because he was involved in the fight. Finally, Kate decided to help him in math in exchange for his heroic act. 


After Sunshine passes by

Cress was the youngest of the army of Sybil Mira and most of the children that were in the army were Lunar shells that were used for blood testing and they were always imprisoned. They did not have the rights for educating themselves. Next Cress wanted to go to Earth and she was designed into a mission in the Earth and if she succeeded she will have real citizenship of Luna. 



The Princess and the Guard

The story starts when Jacin and Winter were playing the Princess and the Guard. when they were little. Then Winter became a gifted child because of her Lunar manipulation. One day she decided to save a woman that she was going to jump out of the window and she decided to save her. The woman became her servant. Next, her father was killed by a shell, and her servant the same that she saved committed suicide, and this time she was successful. The cause was that the woman was pregnant with one of the Tramautages of the Queen but he was not punished because of that act. After that when Winter turned thirteen years old she was forced to use her powers and was manipulated by the queen, leaving her with scars in her face. Then Jacin noticed it and he decided to stay in Luna to protect Winter instead of pursuing his studies in medicine. 


The Little Android

There is an android named Mechanic 6.o that was in love with an electrician named Denovo. One day she decided to save his life, but she was very injured. At that moment she went to the mechanic that was Cinder and she did what she could. Finally, she was left heartbroken and dying because her only friend was marrying the man that she loved.


The Mechanic

Cinder was 16 years old at the time and she was repairing Nansi (Kai s' android) and they were blushing at each other and seeing each other. Kai was very impressed that the mechanic was actually a teenager and not an old man. Finally, she decided to come back to see Kai when she finished to fix Nanisi.


Something Old, Something New

Two years have passed since Queen Levana was dead and the revolution was awoken. Cinder finally decided to abdicate the tone and became one of the ambassadors of the Earth alongside winter. She returned to Earth for celebrate Scarlet s' wedding with Wolf. Cress, Capitan Trone, Emily, Winter, and Jacin also went to the wedding. Scarlet didn't expect that her wedding could be a circus because she wanted it to be private, but if Kai was assisting it was impossible because also it was the first official Lunar-Earthen Union in many years. Finally, Scarlet and Wolf were married and Cinder was along with her boyfriend the emperor and he proposed to the Princess Selene if she wanted to be his empress and she accepted with joy. 

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Describe a minor character/person in the book who had major importance. Explain
Michelle Benoit, because she kept Princess Selene in her house for eight years and she was the one who decided to protect and keep the identity of the missing princess as a secret so the guards could not kill her. 

Describe one major external conflict and one major internal conflict found in this book

Major external conflict: The disappearance of Princess Selene and the major internal conflict is Winter interpersonal conflicts.
Above you rated this book. Explain in detail why you gave this book that score.

I rated it a 10 because there was a lot of action in each story and I learned about each character s' past and how that past changed their point of view about the Lunar government. Also because I learned why the main characters rebelled against Levana and how the events turned out after the death of the antagonist in this case Levana.

Evaluate the end of the book. Considering the book unfolded is it an effective ending and why
It is an effective ending because each character had it's happily ever after fighting for peace and justice and they deserve it because of their hard work.

If this book had gone one more chapter, what would have happened?
Selene and Kai will get married.

Choose five (5) of the following sentence starters and write a brief reflection for each.

1. If I were Kai, I would be recognized a lot.
2. The central issue(s) is/are  the Lunar government and the disappearance of Selene.
3. One consequence of ___The letumosis_____ could be immediate death.
4.I'm not sure If the Wolf guards are alive.
5. Although it seems tragic, it has a happy ending.


Author s' purpose
The author s' purpose is to entertain.

Intended audiences

The intended audiences are from 12-18 years old

Unknown words

hangar: a shed or shelter.
any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.

verb (used with or without object)

to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar:She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.
References

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