Thank you for the egalley to read and give my honest review.
Unfortunately, this one is a did not finish for me.
The main reason being it felt like the author did not do any background research for the fantasty/sci fi book that it is. I have no idea why we are in the future. Why there are aliens. What happened to get us there. Definitely not enough details to help me understand any of this.
There was also no connection for me with the main character. Totally not relatable. And her side characters left something to be desired. I wasn't feeling any sympathy for them or pull towards them in any way to want to know their stories.
Overall I think I was just very bored with it all and I kept walking away from it to read other things.

I apologize for not reading this book in time, but I appreciate the chance to give a review. Thank you NetGalley.

This file is no longer on my Kindle it seems. Thanks for the opportunity to review this book though. I really appreciate it. If I end up reading it in the future, I will update this review.

Tula Bane is a young girl who is a part of a colonization plan. She is traveling with her family on a ship called Prairie Rose headed to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. The ship stops at a remote space station to take on supplies. Tula, a bit of an explorer and tired of being cooped up on the ship, goes off exploring on the station and sees the colonist leader, Brother Blue, off-loading supplies, and overhears him talking about the eventual doom of the colonists. The colonization plan is nothing more than a scam. There is no world to settle on. The colonists are being sent to their deaths. Bule discovers Tula hiding and beats her within an inch of her life and then abandons her on the station. Perhaps facing a worse fate - knowing what will happen to her family and to be left alone knowing no one else on the remote station.

An alien, Heckleck, befriends Tula and teachers her how to survive on the station. Still, Tula misses the company of other humans, and when three humans crash on the station she hatches a plan to escape the station, track down and kill Brother Blue and save her family and the other colonists. It's a good thing there's nothing like a romance to get in her way.

I went into this book not really knowing what to expect and was really pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to get into this story because the writing was so smooth.

I knew this was a YA book, but the violence and the destined bleakness our protagonist faces was a bit of a shock. Clearly this was not going to be a 'light' read. And yet - it still was. Somehow author Cecil Castellucci manages to give us some of the most harsh punishment, physically and emotionally, for a child, and then still make this a story about friendship, longing, and survival and not a story about despair.

In many ways, this is precisely what I would want to find in a solid, middle-grade-reader/YA novel. A gentle touch on a tough subject. There's a hint of romance, but neither the story, nor the characters, moon over such possibilities. Tula is a tough young girl and by necessity she becomes even tougher.

The station where Tula finds herself stranded is more than just a setting - it's almost a character in the book. It's a remote port, struggling to keep things running. It's at the far end of traffic lines, circling a nearly dead world.

This really was a delightful read and I want to find the next book in the brief series, as well as other works by Castellucci.

Looking for a good book? Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci is a solid middle grade reader/YA science fiction story that focuses on strength of character and desire and should be a highly desired-to-read book for the younger readers.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review

Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci

9781596437753

241 Pages
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Roaring Book Press
Release Date: February 25, 2014

Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Teens, Young Adult, Alien Worlds, Space

Tula Bane is preparing to leave the space station with her mother and sister on a colony ship. When she notices that the grain load hasn’t been loaded into the cargo of the ship, she notifies Brother Blue. What happens next changes the course of her life. Tula is left on the station and lives with aliens on the space station until one day a group of Humans arrive.

The book has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. I like the character of Tula. She is strong and shows how she is a survivor no matter what happens in life. If you like science fiction space stories, you will enjoy this one.

Every once in a while I get the desire to read a good space opera. Tin Star, a YA sci-fi novel, has been on my bookshelf for a long time and I finally picked it up. It ended up being a good read, actually, I listened to the book on audio and it was very good.

Tula Bane is a young teen, who discovers what she is made of when she is forced to survive after being left for dead on a remote space station. The book is written in the first person and I liked Tula's voice, her character, her smarts, and her survival skills. The world-building is good as is the plot and my interest was kept throughout the book.

Although there is a second book, Tin Star does not end on a cliffhanger, thus leaving me satisfied with just reading this first book.

I wasn't able to read this book and no longer have access to it so I won't be able to give an honest review which is why I'm leaving my rating at 3 stars so it's neutral.

This book was requested when I was young and requested more books than I could possibly read. Sadly, I no longer have access to this book and my tastes have changed. Thus I will not be able to give feedback on this title.

I did not have a chance to read this book, but it is effecting my feedback rating. I am giving books 5 stars that I haven't read to improve my feedback rating. I am not recommending the book for my classroom or students since I have not read the book. There needs to be a better system of leaving feedback for books not read.

I unfortunately was not able to read this book. I was excited when ever I had chosen to download or pick this book up on Netgalley. However, time moves by so quickly and I never got to read it.

sometimes a difficutl read but well worth it. great character moments and storylines and a very satisfying ending . a freat read

Sorry, could not get to reading this book on time - thank you for the opportunity to review!