Maddie McPherson is sick of Normal - both her hometown of Normal, Illinois and being the normal sibling. But when she lands a summer internship with a sports marketing firm, she finally has a chance to crawl out of her genius brothers shadow. Not to mention, a glowing letter of recommendation secure her admission to her dream college. But Maddies nickname is Calamaddie for a reason, and when the company tasks her with repairing the image of teen soccer phenom Gabriel Fortunato, she wonders if shes set herself up for embarrassment. Gabriel is a tabloid magnet, whos best-known for flubbing Italys World Cup hopes. As Maddie works with