Shana Muldoon Zappa
Shana Muldoon Zappa is a jewelry designer and writer who was born and raised in Los Angeles. With a background in fashion, an endless imagination, and a passion to inspire positivity through her many artistic endeavors, Shana created Star Darlings. She and her husband, Ahmet Zappa, collaborated on this just in time for their magical little girl and biggest inspiration, Halo Violetta Zappa.
All Books By Shana Muldoon Zappa
Adora Finds a Friend
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.34(165 ratings)
Adora can be aloof and opinionated and she must learn, through her Wishworld mission, to accept help and ideas from others. On this mission, which was originally set for Cassie, Adora is set to help a super sensitive and shy Wisher who must try to make a new best friend because the one she has had since early childhood has moved away.
Adora has to summon her friendliness and tone down her aloof nature in order to make a connection with this Wisher. Then the unthinkable happens: the girl sees Adora’s Starling appearance. Her Star Accessory immediately stops working and she is stranded on Wishworld. Luckily, her Wisher is kind, compassionate, and open minded and she hides Adora from prying eyes. She and Adora approach other girls with whom she wants to strike up a friendship. The other Star Darlings come rescue Adora. However, they must erase the Wisher’s memory before they go, which saddens Adora, who genuinely became her friend.
... Read moreAstra’s Mixed-Up Mission
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.39(187 ratings)
Life on Starland is anything but normal these days. The Star Darlings continue to experience mysterious phenomena while trying to focus on their studies and maintain their cover.
Star athlete Astra is chosen for the next Wish Mission. Her overconfident nature leads her to quick conclusions about her Wisher’s true wish. Can Astra put aside her own interests and assumptions and help Emma before time runs out?
... Read moreCassie Comes Through
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.29(235 ratings)
Starf! The day Cassie has been dreading since she first arrived at Starling Academy is here. She has been chosen to make the journey to Wishworld for the next Wish Mission. Lady Stella, the headmistress, assures her she’s going to do a starmendous job. Cassie is so sensitive and perceptive she’ll be a natural! But her mission is even harder than she feared.
Everything just seems all wrong. And there’s no help in sight. Could Cassie be the first Star Darling who simply can’t make her Wisher’s wish come true?
... Read moreClover’s Parent Fix
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.32(137 ratings)
Clover is way too rigid and often plays it safe. She must learn to be more flexible and spontaneous and take more risks.
Clover’s Wishworld mission involved a girl who is an only child whose parents completely baby her. Clover tries some very subtle, safe maneuvers to prove that the girl is ready for some independence, but needs to make a bold move to help the girl’s parents realize their little girl isn’t a toddler anymore.
... Read moreGemma and the Ultimate Standoff
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.33(139 ratings)
Gemma talks too much and has no follow-through. She must learn how to listen to others and finish what she starts, while remaining curious and clever.
Gemma leaves for the final mission in the dead of night not realizing that her Wisher made a bad wish, which, if granted, could tip the balance of power forever. The other Star Darlings realize that Gemma is about to grant a bad wish, but without a shooting star in sight, they have no way of getting down to Wishworld. Luckily, a meteor shower begins, which serves to get the others to Wishworld to turn the wish around and collect the positive wish energy.
Gemma, meanwhile, is following up on her Wisher’s bad wish, which is to be popular. The other Star Darlings arrive to help turn a negative wish into a positive one.
... Read moreLeona’s Unlucky Mission
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.23(267 ratings)
Leona is very focused on her studies and is especially busy as the lead vocalist in the Star Darlings band. Star-Zaps start buzzing, and the girls know it’s probably time for one of them to head to Wishworld. It’s Leona’s turn, and she’s bursting with excitement. She can’t wait to get there and become a successful Wish-Granter. But she’ll have to challenge herself to put her own desires aside and truly understand what her Wisher needs–before her Countdown Clock runs out of time.
... Read moreLibby and the Class Election
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.28(335 ratings)
Charming Libby is a people pleaser who is slow at making decisions. She has to learn how to say no, stand up for herself, and feel more confident about her choices.
All of the Star Darling roommates have received beautiful bouquets of sparkly flowers welcoming them to Star Academy. The band tryouts begin and many different girls show up to audition. Meanwhile, the Star Darlings are dealing with their personal conflicts and issues.
Libby’s mission: Libby finds a flower in the Wish Caves, but her only clue as to whom it belongs is a ballot with two names on it. When Libby goes down to Wishworld, she identifies the wisher and exhausts herself, thinking she has to help grant all the wishes. Libby’s friends come down to help her get back on track.
... Read morePiper’s Perfect Dream
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.33(210 ratings)
Mysterious things continue to happen on Starland every day as the girls wait to see who will go on the next Wish Mission. Piper has a dream that she will be the one and indeed she is. Piper has a lot to learn when she finds herself working at a diner. Confident that she’s identified her Wisher’s wish, Piper enjoys her time on Wishworld. But as her Countdown Clock ticks away, can she dismiss her earlier assumptions and discover the true wish?
... Read moreSage and the Journey to Wishworld
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.21(524 ratings)
Welcome to Starling Academy. Twelve very special students have been selected from this year’s class to reclaim the wish energy that powers their beloved planet, Starland. The Star Darlings, as they are known, take classes where they learn how to grant the wishes made on birthday candles, shooting stars, dandelions, wishbones, and coins tossed into fountains, just to name a few. Their top-secret mission will take them to Wishworld (known in some places as Earth). There they will have to find the Wisher and figure out how to grant the wish before time runs out and they are stuck on Wishworld forever. Sage is the first Star Darling soaring off to Wishworld. Travel with her as she discovers how challenging life on a new planet can be and how she learns the importance of friendship, teamwork, and never assuming anything.
... Read moreScarlet Discovers True Strength
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.36(253 ratings)
Scarlet has been keeping to herself. But she is convinced that her removal from the Star Darlings was a terrible mistake.
With Vega’s help she starts an investigation. Meanwhile, Ophelia is chosen to go on a Wishworld mission, for which she is hopelessly unprepared. Will Scarlet be the one to rescue Ophelia and the mission?
... Read moreStar Darlings Collection: Volume 1
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.36(72 ratings)
START YOUR STAR DARLINGS ADVENTURE!
Welcome to Starling Academy, the prestigious school where students study to become Wish-Granters and help guide Wishlings in making their dreams and wishes come true. Twelve star-charmed girls–the Star Darlings–have been chosen to work as a team to save their beloved Starland from peril.
Sage takes a spectacular journey to Wishworld and discovers how challenging life can be in an unfamiliar place. Then Libby must help two fighting best friends, but can she stop herself from trying to grant every wish big and small? On Leona’s mission, her challenge is to put her own desires aside and truly understand what her Wisher needs!
... Read moreStar Darlings Collection: Volume 2
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.47(53 ratings)
CAN THE STAR DARLINGS SAVE THEIR WORLD?
Lots of strange things are going on at Starling Academy, and some of the girls are suspicious. As they begin investigating, they wonder if there’s any connection between Scarlet getting kicked out of the Star Darlings and Leona’s troubled mission.
When Vega gets sent to Wishworld, she is determined to solve the puzzle fast, but her Wisher is incredibly secretive. Scarlet watches from the sidelines as Ophelia, who is hopelessly unprepared, is chosen to go on a mission. Cassie has been dreading her journey to Wishworld since she first arrived at Starling Academy, and her assignment is even harder than she feared!
... Read moreStar Darlings Collection: Volume 3
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.52(42 ratings)
WHO IS CAUSING TROUBLE ON STARLAND?
Disturbing things continue to happen on Starland everyday, beginning when Piper’s Star Kindness day compliment-poems to her friends turn into cruel insults. As the Star Darlings unravel clues, they begin to suspect that one of their own is behind the trouble and that it might be Lady Stella!
Piper enjoys her time on Wishworld working in a diner, but is she being a little too laid-back about her mission? When Astra‘s time comes, her overconfident nature leads her to incorrect conclusions about her gymnast Wisher’s true wish. Tessa‘s mission brings her to an animal shelter, but when a terrible storm hits, she runs into problems.
... Read moreTessa’s Lost and Found
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.32(193 ratings)
As more and more disturbing things happen on Starland, the Star Darlings gather each morning to try to unravel clues to what’s wrong. One unimaginable theory is that Lady Stella herself is behind all the trouble.
In the meantime, Tessa is selected to travel to Wishworld where she finds herself in a perfect spot for her–an animal shelter. When a terrible storm occurs, Tessa and her Wisher Lizzie must work together to take care of the helpless animals in the shelter, all while Tessa tries to discover Lizzie’s real wish and help grant it before time runs out.
... Read moreVega and the Fashion Disaster
- By: Shana Muldoon Zappa
- Narrator: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.34(275 ratings)
There are lots of strange things going on at Starling Academy these days: Leona is devastated about her Wish Pendant failure. Ophelia, the newest Star Darling, is completely clueless. Vega’s roommate, Piper, is getting on her last nerve. And Scarlet? Who knows? She’s nowhere to be found! So when by-the-book Vega gets sent to Wishworld on the next mission, she finds herself very distracted. Why is her Wisher so secretive? Vega needs to solve this puzzle fast. Time is running out and Starland needs every drop of wish energy it can get!
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