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The Map of Stars by Laura Ruby is the conclusion to the York series. Tess, Theo, and Jamie are at the edge of solving the Morningstarr cipher, but the friendship between the twins and Jamie is strained to the breaking point. Can they mend their friendship?

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skittles0313's review against another edition

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5.0

I don't know whether to laugh or cry right now but all I know is that this was confusingly incredible an I jus-

tularoo's review against another edition

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4.0

AHHHHH!!! This book...frustrated me. Let me be clear though, I LOVED this series. My kids did too & we were SO excited for the last installment. Despite horrible editing (seriously, who proofed this book? Missing words were EVERYWHERE), the series has intrigued us from the first page. Knowing that this last book would be (hopefully) wrapping up SO. MANY. QUESTIONS. we had high hopes. Things started looking less hopeful the more we read. The many questions we had seemed to multiply the further we got in the book. By the time we were about 60 pages from the end, my kids & I were discussing how it would be possible to wrap things up in such a short period of time. Short answer? You can't.

Laura Ruby's amazing world building & character development was just as fantastic in previous books, but the action become seemingly unwieldy for her to control. The sense of adventure that she so meticulously created in the previous books seemed to unravel as more variables were introduced. The flash forward sequences only stoked the fires of curiosity, and in the end, only confused the plot. As a lifetime reader, I sort of got what she was going for, but my kids (7 1/2 & 13) were both left with the dissatisfying sense of no closure.

That being said, if you've read the first two, you'd still want to read this third book. The ending might make you go "WHUT THE WHUT-WHUT?!" but the world-building is no less amazing.

crushgoil's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

dreximgirl's review against another edition

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3.0

I have enjoyed this series and the characters are great but I have to admit the direction this ended up going in was not something I saw coming. I liked it but I felt it could have been developed a little more had more been revealed earlier on. But it was fun and I do think the audiobooks are well done.

thisgrrlreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Made it to the conclusion of a trilogy! And I was glad to. It has the feel of a last book--at the beginning, everything has changed. But by the end, the main characters figure it out. Or they figure...something out. Ruby does some sophisticated playing with time and space in this novel, more sophisticated than you often see in books for this age group. Definitely gives it the true sci fi ending that the story deserves. I also think the kids have grown up a bit, though I would have loved to have more time for just a little more emotional development for them instead of some of the action.

delight's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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