  This article presents an effective quantum extension of the seminal
Oppenheimer-Snyder (OS) collapse in which the singularity resolution is modeled
using the effective dynamics of the spatially closed loop quantum cosmology.
Imposing the minimal junction conditions, namely the Israel-Darmois conditions,
we glue this bouncing LQC geometry to the classical vacuum exterior
Schwarzschild geometry across a time-like thin-shell. Consistency of the
construction leads to several major deviations from the classical OS collapse
model. Firstly, no trapped region can form and the bounce occurs always above,
or at most at the Schwarzschild radius. Secondly, the bouncing star discussed
here admits an IR cut-off, additionally to the UV cut-off and corresponds
therefore to a pulsating compact object. Thirdly, the scale at which quantum
gravity effects become non-negligible is encoded in the ratio between the UV
cut-off of the quantum theory and the IR cut-off, which in turn, encodes the
minimal energy density $\rho_{\text{min}}$ of the star prior to collapse. This
energy density is no more fixed by the mass and maximal radius as in the
classical OS model, but is now a free parameter of the model. In the end, while
the present model cannot describe a black-to-white hole bounce as initially
suggested by the Planck star model, it provides a concrete realization of a
pulsating compact object based on LQC techniques. Consistency of the model
shows that its regime of applicability is restricted to Planckian relics while
macroscopic stellar objects are excluded. This first minimal construction
should serve as a platform for further investigations in order to explore the
physics of bouncing compact objects within the framework of loop quantum
cosmology.
