Girl Made of Stars is a 2018 young adult fiction novel by Ashley Herring Blake that was published May 15, 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

The novel focus on Mara, a student from Pebblebrook High School, who finds herself in a tense situation after her twin brother, Owen, is accused of sexual assault by his girlfriend, Hannah.

In addition, Mara is crestfallen after splitting up with her long time girlfriend, Charlie, and attempts to reconcile with her after she broke up with her.

They praised the novel for the difficult themes that Blake tackles such as gender identity and the liveliness of both primary and secondary characters.

Critics took exception to the amount of topics that Blake covered in her novel, arguing that the confluence of so many themes hurt the overall structure of the novel.

[1] In the same year, Girl Made of Stars was nominated in the LGBTQ Children's and Young Adult Literature category at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.

[2] Twin siblings Mara and Owen attend a weekend party with their peers from Pebblebrook High School.

Back home, she sees her brother sobbing and her parents inform her that Hannah has accused Owen of rape.

She is reluctant to press charges against Owen; however, once the case is set in motion, she testifies, but the prosecutors rebuke her testimony nevertheless.

Mary Cosola of Common Sense Media gave the novel a rating of four stars out of five, praising Mara's character, which readers can relate to since she has to overcome numerous hurdles.

[3] Although Cosola admires the breadth of issues that Blake attempts to address in the novel, she argues that the multitude of themes ultimately winds up overwhelming the reader.

[3] Kirkus Reviews praised the novel's representation of Charlie and Mara's sexualities, which represents a genuine depiction of their struggles.

[4] Leighanne Law of the School Library Journal praised the way in which the novel progress and the myriad of themes it broaches, considering the novel as a "must-read young adult book.

"[5] The book was formally challenged in Escambia County Public Schools, Florida and is temporarily banned, pending investigation.