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Galaxy of Sea Stars, A
Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-374-30909-1
Keywords: Friendship, Muslim, Prejudice, PTSD, discrimination
While trying to keep bonded with her friends as the three move to middle school, Izzy also copes with a refugee Muslim family from Afghanistan moving in upstairs.