Cut Him Out in Little Stars

Author: Strange, Lucy

Reading age: from c 12 years

Published on 27 August 2026 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 304 pages
127 x 198 x 23 | 228g

A stunning historical YA romance from bestselling author

Lucy Strange, for fans of Laura Wood or Alwyn Hamilton.

'An utterly luminous book, which stayed with me long after

the final pages' NATASHA FARRANT

'An achingly beautiful coming of age story, with a stunning

romance I feared might break my heart at any page' ALWYN

HAMILTON

'Brilliantly plotted, sensitive characterisation and beautiful,

glorious landscape ... people are rightly comparing

it to I Capture The Castle' EMMA

CARROLL

'A deeply atmospheric coming-of-age story with a touch of

the gothic' OBSERVER

Heartbroken after the death of her fighter pilot fiancé, Juliet

is sent to stay with her sister at Samphire House. But when she

discovers the body of a local girl washed up on the beach, past

mysteries come flooding back.

Under the darkening skies of wartime England, Juliet is thrown

together with a handsome stranger.

Can she find the courage to confront her deepest fears, put right

a terrible injustice, and - even as the world burns around her

- risk falling in love once more?

Gorgeously romantic clean teen fiction from bestselling

author Lucy Strange, author of Sisters of the Lost Marsh,

The Ghost of Gosswater and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted

Our Castle by the Sea

An unforgettable, sweeping WW2 romance with a thrilling

murder mystery thread

Romance tropes include opposites attract, romantic betrayal,

heartbreak to hope

Think summer by the sea, sunrise picnics on the beach,

and secret midnight meetings under the stars!