Super Short Summary

Shooting Stars by Brian Falkner follows 15-year-old Egan Tucker, raised in isolation with his mother in New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula, who must adapt to city life after his mother’s disappearance. Through diary entries, Egan navigates friendships with street kids, reunites with his estranged father, faces incredible challenges, and adheres to his mother’s moral Code. The book depicts scenes of family violence.