What Stars are Made Of
ISBN: 9780374313197
Australian: No
Published: 2020 by Puffin
Level: Middle Years (6-9)
Twelve year old Libby Munroe has Turner Syndrome. She is missing a chromosome, her heart is three times too big for her body and she copes with other physical and neurological conditions that become evident throughout the story. Added to this, Libby has incredible resilience and stamina, a brilliant brain and a love of all things Science related. Her parents are her greatest supporters as well as her older, married sister, Nonny, who lives in another state but returns home when her husband is retrenched.