Astra's Mixed-Up Mission

Star Darlings #8

by Shana Muldoon Zappa, Ahmet Zappa

Life on Starland is anything but normal these days. The Star Darlings continue to experience mysterious phenomena while trying to focus on their studies and maintain their cover.
Star athlete Astra is chosen for the next Wish Mission. Her overconfident nature leads her to quick conclusions about her Wisher's true wish. Can Astra put aside her own interests and assumptions and help Emma before time runs out?

Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Childrens, Science Fiction

140 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2016

Reviews

[Hannah Belyea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Astra isn't the only Star Darling to notice strange things happening around Starland, but she hopes her athletic gifts will give her an advantage in granting her wish on Wishworld - now if only she can help Piper get their friends back to normal before all their missions are mixed up! Zappa will keep fans reading late into the night with this exciting entry to this fantastic series. Can Astra help her Wisher and friends, or will she be forced to choose between the two?!

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one. It felt more mature and it progressed the series along nicely.

[Abigail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing turn at the end.

[Harriet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it when scarlet was like “did I just skip?” #sofuuny

[Juani 1207 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked the book. Probably my favorite book from this series so far and I rally want to know whats going on in starland

[Yung Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so fun reading these again haha! Astra and Piper are a good team together: Astra is the beginning and Piper is the end haha. Stories like these keep your whimsy sharp!!

[c.norman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astra has been more of a background character up until now, with only a few scenes in the previous books showing her off. Which is a shame because she’s an immediately likeable character. Compared to some of the other girls, Astra is very straight-forward and positive and it shows.

Having her helping Piper in the last book made for a great lead in to her starring in this book. I felt like I knew her just enough to be able to move into her book seamlessly.

A lot of great stuff happens pre-Wishworld. Astra and Piper manage to convince the other Star Darlings that they are not behaving right (which is not easy to do) and seeing the other girls aware they are being affected but unable to stop is both funny and a little scary.

Astra’s mission is similar to previous ones and has the same kind of complications. In this case, Astra falls into almost the same trap that Leona did: she gets so sure of what *she* likes, that she overlooks what her wisher really wants.

And then Libby shows up.

And the book ends with a few dangling hints, including a name drop that I guess is supposed to be important (based on a something I same related to a later book) and also a possible bombshell reveal.

Dun dun DUN!.

Like Astra herself, it’s a quick paced story. Very fun to read.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a great book to read