Each star has a different number of points, depending on how high in the sky they are. So, the stars that hang lower amount less than those that shine higher. If you catch a shooting star, you get an advantage of a hundred points.

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There is also a time limit, so try to collect all the beautiful stars before it runs out. However, you can add to your time and continue the adventure. Once you've obtained five hundred points, your time will be extended by twenty seconds. I really loved the way this book dealt with friends and standing up for yourself and other people and the bravery it takes to be yourself and not ashamed for liking things and having interests and finding friends that like you for you and share similar or the same interests!!! So happy Safiya found True Friends!!! Also glad they had a Studio Ghibli movie marathon!A lot of nostalgia, for me, is tied into my formative memories of Kuwait, but it feels so distant now that it’s almost like I made it up. Whenever I discuss my early childhood, I realise it was very different to the one a lot of my peers have had. Safiya's mum is in a coma, and Safiya is desperate to be closer to her. Then she falls into a strange world that seems to be coming from her mother's memories of her childhood in Kuwait - and Safiya's own favourite computer games. This is a gorgeous, magical story with a twist, and a wonderful, assured debut. (8+) Ever since Mum and Dad divorced, and I decided to live with Dad, they set up these Saturday visits as part of the custody agreement. Mum and I hang out in the afternoon, and then we have dinner together and a sleepover. Usually Mum cooks, sometimes it’s a takeaway, but it’s always just been the two of us. I know it’s weird not wanting Elle to come round, because she’s my best friend. But Saturday nights are supposed to be our night. Mum and me.

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She starts to explore her mother's past through a magical game. You almost can smell the perfume and feel the heat of Kuwait on your skin through this book. It's freaking beautiful. The way it explores her grief and need for understanding. The way it explores how she wants to save her mum. I adore the development of friendship in this. I love the ending! This young globular cluster can be seen from the southern hemisphere, in the Dorado constellation, which is Portugese for dolphinfish. Usually, globular clusters contain stars which are born at the same time; however, NGC 1805 is unusual as it appears to host two different populations of stars with ages millions of years apart. Observing such clusters of stars can help astronomers understand how stars evolve, and what factors determine whether they end their lives as white dwarfs, or explode as supernovae.

Hurry up, Safiya!’ Mum calls. I look up and find her at the door of the coffee shop tapping her feet, impatient to leave. Some blend into others until all you can remember is the memory of a memory of a memory, and you don't quite know where your imagination takes over. Liz: I love getting to have long chats with authors where we can spend ages talking about their characters and the details of the world and the story. You basically get to go and live in people’s imaginary worlds for bit, and nose around that world and ask lots of annoying questions, which feels like getting to go behind the scenes! Getting to work collaboratively with authors, and help the story they want to tell shine through in the best possible way is, as Sarah says, a huge honour. A beautifully told, outstanding and thought-provoking novel.Themes of race and the treatment of Aboriginal peoples interweave with those of grief and letting go, but without ever becoming overbearing, with the focus on the town's mystery.