The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Raúf

A children’s fiction by Muslim author Onjali Q. Raúf and winner of the Diversity Book Awards, Children (UK) 2020.

‘I’ve always wanted to be a Star Hunter… But I don’t want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for millions of years. I want to find the new ones – the ones that have only just been born and are searching for the people they have left behind…’

Following the disappearance of her mum, 10-year-old Aniyah suddenly finds herself living in foster care.

With her life in disarray, she knows just one thing for sure: her mum isn’t gone forever. Because people with the brightest hearts never truly leave. They become stars.

So when a new star is spotted acting strangely in the sky, Aniyah embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to make sure everyone knows who it belongs to – an adventure that involves the Royal Observatory of London, a mischievous scurry of squirrels and the biggest star in Hollywood.

Other books by Onjali Q. Rauf:

The Night Bus Hero

The Lion Above The Door

The Boy At The Back of the Class

The Girl At The Front of the Class

Hope On the Horizon