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*These Broken Stars* is a 2013 young adult science-fiction novel by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, and the first book in the *Starbound* trilogy. When the luxury spaceliner *Icarus* is pulled out of hyperspace and crashes onto a planet, Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive and must cross an apparently deserted landscape together to find help. The novel combines space survival, romance, and questions about class and human responsibility, making it suited to teen and adult readers of character-led science fiction. [Amie Kaufman](https://amiekaufman.com/books/the-starbound-trilogy/these-broken-stars/)
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How good is These Broken Stars?
These Broken Stars scores 6.26/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Young Adult Novel category.
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