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A Galaxy of Sea Stars is Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo�s second middle-grade novel�a heartwarming story about family, loyalty, and the hard choices we face in the name of friendship. Sometimes, the truth isn�t 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 doesn�t 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 they�ve moved instead of spending all her time on Block Island. Most of all, she wants Piper, Zelda, and herself�the Sea Stars�to stay best friends, as they start sixth grade in a new school. Everything changes when Izzy�s father invites his former interpreter�s family, including eleven-year-old Sitara, to move into the marina�s upstairs apartment. Izzy doesn�t know what to make of Sitara�with her hijab and refusal to eat cafeteria food�and her presence disrupts the Sea Stars. But in Sitara Izzy finds someone brave, someone daring, someone who isn�t 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.