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.