Laura Brydon

Hi! I'm Edie Eckhart. I'm a little bit different. I have a disability called cerebral palsy, so I talk slowly and fall over a lot. It's never really bothered me because I've never known anything else. It's the start of Year Eight and there's a new girl in Edie's class from America! Edie can't wait to get to know Mia and her twin brother, Benjamin. This is Thrilling with a capital T! Especially as Mrs Adler sits Mia next to Edie in class.
Mia has a hearing impairment and wears hearing aids. She seems shy and Edie knows how scary it can feel to join a new school. Maybe Edie can be the jam to Mia's jelly? It's time for... THE FRIEND MISSION!

Rocky Race loves football so much that she moved to the United States to train at a high school with an amazing soccer team. She's made new friends, even won a state championship! Now her best friends from her home in Melchester, England, have come to play a match against her new American team. Rocky is so excited!

But when her friends arrive, not everyone gets along. Her American friends don't understand why the British call it 'football', and her British friends don't understand why the Americans call it 'soccer'. And with the match the next day, Rocky feels pressured to pick a side. But Rocky has a plan.

Will Rocky be able to take the lead and show everyone that they're all united by their love for the game?