Pearl has always dreamed of being famous: the star-studded stage, the sea flowers, the applause! So when she finds out that her third grade class is performing The Little Human, she just knows she'll get the leading role. Especially since world-renowned merstar Angelfish Molie is judging the tryouts!

But in a shocking turn of events, Pearl's best friend, Wanda, gets cast as the little human instead...and Pearl is stuck playing the stinky sea witch. Pearl can't believe her best friend would steal her dream role from her.

After Pearl tries--and fails--to get Wanda to trade parts, she decides to quit the play. Are Pearl's dreams of being a sea star doomed? And can she and Wanda patch up their friendship before it goes up in bubbles?

This is volume 12 in Mermaid Tales .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2015 by Simon & Schuster .

Nancy Loewen has published many books for kids. She's a two-time Minnesota Book Award finalist (Four to the Pole and The LAST Day of Kindergarten) and the recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox series). She holds an MFA from Hamline University in St. Paul. Nancy has two children and lives near Minneapolis. To learn more, visit www. nancyloewen. com. Tatevik Avakyan has illustrated many individual books and series titles for children and tweens which, as it turns out, are her absolute favorite subjects! She always loved drawing as a child and knew she wanted to be an illustrator as early as her teens. She later earned her degree from California State University of Northridge. Tatevik currently lives and works in Southern California with her husband and son. In addition to making fun, whimsical characters come to life, Tatevik likes to read and travel with her family. Debbie Dadey grew up in Kentucky and now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Find out more about Debbie Dadey and her books at her website: baileykids. com