Lester’s first days as a fifth grader at Quarry Elementary school are not even a little bit like he thought they would be–the cafeteria is too loud for Lester’s ears.

Before, Lester was always taught at home, and he liked it that way. But that’s finished now, and Lester’s stuck in a school where everything just seems wrong. That’s until he hears about the science fair. He is so eager to win with his airplane wing experiment. When Lester accidentally mistakes an envelope from school as the winner announcement, he reads something he’s not meant to see. Like Fish in a Tree and Wonder, Superstar is a book about discovering that you do belong.