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Review: There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane

By Kasey | July 15, 2016 - 7:00 am |August 11, 2016 Book Review and Content, Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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There Once Were Stars
Melanie McFarlane
Month 9 Books

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Peace. Love. Order. Dome.

Those are the rules Natalia must live by under the protective dome. Radiation and violent infected will kill anyone who ventures outside. Then Nat spots the impossible through the curved surface of the dome: survivors on the outside. When soldiers seize one of the men, Nat wrestles with conflicting desires. Should she find him and learn more about the world outside or keep her head down as her grandmother always admonishes her? When the outsider shares an impossible gift with Nat—a picture of her that her parents carried on their last mission … Continue reading →

Interview with Author Melanie McFarlane

By Kasey | June 10, 2016 - 7:00 am |October 30, 2016 Author Interview, News and Fun

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When I was in eighth grade, my friend and I talked about a story in which a girl living inside a biodome meets/falls for someone from the outside. We were both pretty captured by the idea of a story like that, but of course, never wrote anything. Then one day, I saw an email about this book, There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane, and I was like hey! How awesome! I knew I had to contact my friend Julie and get myself a copy of this book.