01261cam a2200277 4500 139729827 TxAuBib 20130618120000.0 130214s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012050790 9781451661507 hardcover : alk. paper 1451661509 hardcover : alk. paper 9781451661545 pbk. : alk. paper 1451661541 pbk. : alk. paper TxAuBib Walls, Jeannette. The silver star : a novel / Jeannette Walls. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2013. 269 p. ; 24 cm. Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world. 20130618. Sisters Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence Fiction. Bildungsromans.