A Bank Street Best Book of 2021 A Galaxy of Sea Stars is Jeanne Zulick Ferruoloâs second middle-grade novelâa heartwarming story about family, loyalty, and the hard choices we face in the name of friendship. Sometimes, the truth isnât easy to see. Sometimes, you have to look below the surface to find it. Eleven-year-old Izzy feels as though her whole world is shifting, and she doesnât like it. She wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She wants her mom to live with them at the marina where theyâve moved instead of spending all her time on Block Island. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herselfâthe Sea Starsâto stay best friends, as they start sixth grade in a new school. Everything changes when Izzyâs father invites his former interpreterâs family, including eleven-year-old Sitara, to move into the marinaâs upstairs apartment. Izzy doesnât know what to make of Sitaraâwith her hijab and refusal to eat cafeteria foodâand her presence disrupts the Sea Stars. But in Sitara Izzy finds someone brave, someone daring, someone who isnât as afraid as Izzy is to use her voice and speak up for herself. As Izzy and Sitara grow closer, Izzy must make a choice: stay in her comfort zone and risk betraying her new friend, or speak up and lose the Sea Stars forever.
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