![]() One day, Katrina is practicing her violin in the park, and legendary violinist Shizuka Satomi overhears her playing. ![]() ![]() The story opens with an introduction to Katrina Nguyen, a young, transgender, Chinese-Vietnamese-Mexican girl who runs away from home after her abusive parents refuse to love and accept her as a woman. Light from Uncommon Stars combines a trifecta of seemingly disparate genres into one of the most wholesome, magical tales ever told. ( And a national bestseller, a Hugo Award finalist, a Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction Book of 2021, and… I could go on, but my point is that the whole world adores this book, including Rick Riordan, the author of the much-beloved Percy Jackson series.) They had left it on my desk (mystery solved!) because it was, in fact, the UConn Reads selection for the 2022-2023 academic year. ![]() However, my wonderful faculty mentors at the Humanities Institute later informed me that Light from Uncommon Stars was no ordinary novel. Until the following week, I went about my life just assuming it was a cute little anonymous gift from the universe. ![]()
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