Stardust
by Joseph Kanon
Age band: 15+
Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 3/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 2/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 1/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 1/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier arrives home from wartorn Europe to find that his brother, Daniel, has died in mysterious circumstances. Why would a man with a beautiful wife, a successful career in the movies, and a heroic past choose to kill himself? Determined to uncover the truth, Ben enters the maze of the studio system and the uneasy world beneath the glossy shine of the movie business, where a web of deception shakes his moral foundation to its core.