Star Light - Maureen Crisp

Hidden away, four children are being kept from the outside world. What secrets do they know? Why are their lives in danger if they are discovered? 

Caleb's safe world begins to crumble when he starts to hear voices that no one else can hear. His mother disappeared after she heard the voices. Will this happen to him too? How can he protect his family? The answers challenge everything he thought he knew and change his future on the planet forever. 

Star Light begins the story of the Fraser family caught between worlds, hunted by aliens and holding the key to the survival of Earth.

Age 10+

Maureen Crisp lives in New Zealand where she dreams up stories to get her out of any boring things she has to do. She loves writing for children and has published plays and junior fiction in the New Zealand School Journal and for Penguin. Maureen is a primary school teacher by trade and a geek by inclination. She writes a mix of contemporary and science fiction stories to disguise the fact that she is overly fascinated by Mars, the robot landers and space exploration. 

In 2017 she was awarded the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding services to Children's Literature. In 2018 Maureen was on the judging panel for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.