Description: A Trip to the Stars begins in Manhattan when ten-year-old Loren is kidnapped from his young adoptive aunt, Mala, and over the next fifteen years travels to realms both real and imaginary. Whisked to Las Vegas by an abductor who turns out to be his wealthy great-uncle, Loren grows up in a converted hotel amid a host of idiosyncratic guests, each determined to discover the lost treasures of the universe. Mala, devastated by her nephew's disappearance, embarks on a restless journey that takes her first to Vietnam and then leaves her island-hopping around the world -- until the stars themselves light the way to a miraculous reunion.

Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Christopher creates an epic tale of love and destiny.

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