Andrea Martin

Eight year old Ellen Tebbits has a deeply embarrassing secret, and she is absolutely determined to hide it from the entire world. The last thing she wants is for anyone at her dance class to find out she is wearing heavy woolen underwear. But during one particularly disastrous lesson, she discovers that another girl named Austine is hiding the exact same secret. Instantly, the two girls become inseparable best friends. They do absolutely everything together, from clapping chalk erasers at school to dodging the annoying pranks of the neighborhood troublemaker, Otis Spofford. Having a best friend makes all of Ellen's worries disappear. But when a massive misunderstanding causes Ellen to do something terrible, Austine refuses to speak to her. You will feel Ellen's heartache as she desperately searches for a way to apologize and win back the best friend she has ever had.