Venus and the Comets

by Erika Tamar

Everyone at school knows about Venus’s famous commercials, and some of the girls on the soccer squad don’t think she’s cut out for athletic competition. Thing is, Venus is a soccer natural. When she’s scheduled to be the Cinderella doll at a toy store grand opening, the would-be soccer star has to show everyone, even herself, that her real goal is not to be special—it’s just to be the real Venus: a kid with a kick!