Everybody’s a star, a brilliant creation.
The trouble is finding the right constellation!

Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O’Toole, the winning pair of friendsfrom The Brand New Kid, are back in a new adventure. Ellieand Carrie decide to try out for the school team in their favoritesport, soccer. But when only one of the girls is selected, theinseparable pair faces a challenge(what do you say when your bestfriend is terribly disappointed?

But while some disappointments can’t be avoided, Carrie learns(with some help from her mother and her old friend Lazlo) thatwhile she may not be good at everything, she has undiscoveredtalents waiting to bloom, if she has the courage to try somethingnew.

For every reader who has ever set his or her heart on joining asports team, getting a part in the school play, or winning a classelection, and been let down, Katie Couric’s reassuring andinspiring story gives a charming lesson in confidence.