77 pages • 2 hours read
Stardust
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999
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Introduction
Stardust
- Genre: Fiction; young adult fantasy
- Originally Published: 1999
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 970L; grades 7-12
- Structure/Length: 10 chapters with epilogue; approx. 248 pages; approx. 6 hours, 23 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Protagonist Tristran Thorn must prove his worth to earn the hand of his beloved, Victoria Forester. To do so, he promises her a fallen star and must travel beyond the wall that separates his village from danger and the unknown.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Graphic sexual content
Neil Gaiman, Author
- Bio: Born in Hampshire, England, in 1960; an early reader and lover of fantasy, especially Tolkien and C. S. Lewis; pursued journalism as an early career; inspired to write comics and comic scripts by Alan Moore (Swamp Thing); went on to write comics for DC, Marvel, and other publications; first novel (Good Omens; 1990) was a collaboration with Terry Pratchett; first met with big success with American Gods (2001); participates in radio and public readings and pursues screenwriting and audiobook projects
- Other Works: American Gods (2001); Coraline (2002); The Graveyard Book (2008); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013)
- Awards: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (1999); ALA Alex Award (2000)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- Love, Infatuation, and Desire
- Freedom and Restriction
- Physical and Spiritual Transformation
