Laura's star

Laura is seven years old and has just left the countryside for a big city with her family. On her first night in the new neighborhood, she watches a shooting star fall from the sky.

She tracks it down in a park and finds that the star is alive. It broke off one of its points when it crashed, so Laura carries it home and sticks the point back on with a Band-Aid.

With her younger brother Tommy, Laura soon learns what the little star can do. It can make people fly and bring objects to life. The tone of this children's picture book is gentle and full of wonder.

But Earth does not suit the star. The longer it stays, the paler its color grows and the more its powers fail. Laura and Tommy see it weakening day by day.

With help from Max, the boy next door, the siblings have to work out how to get the star back into outer space.