Star Daughter is a 2020 young adult fantasy novel by Shveta Thakrar. It was a 2021 Andre Norton Nebula Award finalist. Star Daughter is the first book in the Night Market Triptych, followed by The Dream Runners (2022) and Divining the Leaves (2025), also published by Harper Teen."Shveta Thakrar." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2025. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
The story centers on a sixteen year old named Sheetal Mistry, the daughter of a star and a human. Thakrar refers to influences that range from Hindu mythology and cosmology to video games like The Legend of Zelda.
Reception A review in School Library Journal praises the novel's "lyrical prose and imaginative story."D’Ambrosio, Gillian. Review of THAKRAR, Shveta. Star Daughter. School Library Journal (New York, N.Y.), vol. 66, no. 8, August 1, 2020, p. 82.
Booklist calls it a "mesmerizing nod to Neil Gaiman's Stardust."Syed, Mahjabeen. Review of Star Daughter. The Booklist (Chicago, Ill. 1969) [Chicago], vol. 116, no. 22, August 1, 2020, pp. 69–69.
Reactor writes, "Thakrar serves up a wonderful cast and an engrossing plot, pulling from a fascinating pantheon of mythological beings and gods."
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