Name: A Galaxy of Sea Stars
ISBN: 9780374309091

Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

Izzy struggles with her parents' separation, starting middle school, and more, but especially the effect her friendship with her Muslim neighbor, Sitara, has on her best friends, Zelda and Piper.

A Galaxy of Sea Stars

Heaven Adore

Rating - 4.5 stars

Wow, this book was better than I was expecting! It was really cute.

I loved the central theme of facing your fears and finding the courage to face them head on. So often we avoid the things that frighten us the most, but when we face them, we continually become better people. You might find a niche in the end, depending! And the friendship between Izzy and Sitara was so sweet. The way they encouraged each other and helped one another to be bold...it was lovely. 

I will say that Izzy's friend, Zelda was very annoying. I feel like she came across a little racist towards Sitara, which was poorly done in my opinion. And she was such a control-freak and always made things all about her. It's a good thing they ended up not being friends anymore in the end. Also, it was irritating that her mom had two aunts. They only appeared in one scene and were mentioned a couple of times, but just the fact that it was thrown in there was ridiculous.

Anyway, this was a cute story about the importance of friendship and not being fearful of the things that scare you the most. In my opinion, I feel like it was a little long. There weren't any slow scenes, but I feel like there were some unnecessary ones. All in all though, Ferruolo wrote a fantastic middle-grade!

A Galaxy of Sea Stars

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