Carla is eight years old and about to enter third grade. She wants to fit in with her friends and be good at something. She tries skateboarding but falls, she tries singing but can't hit the right notes. And what she wants more than anything else is to have cool looking sneakers. In this book by Abreona Curtis, Kairon Cunningham, and Cassandra Wright, Carla will do whatever it takes to get cool shoes.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Every year on the first day of school, Carla’s friends show up wearing the coolest new shoes. But not Carla -- her mom always buys her the Same Lame Boring Plain sneakers. And this year is no different. This time, though, Carla won’t settle for more of the same. With a little advice from her older cousin Josh, a few experiments, and a whole lot of creativity, Carla decides to take a chance and do her own thing. But what will her classmates think of her creation?”