For fans of Barbara Dee and Shannon Hale, this poignant coming-of-age middle grade novel explores the ups and down of best friends, crushes, and backyard projects during a summer full of changes and possibilities. Alex has always known her best friend and next-door neighbor, Will, will be there for her. That’s just how it’s always been. Until a girl from the pool named Rebekah comes over to them and says hi. Suddenly, Will is changing his clothes, restyling his hair, and breaking all their summer plans and Alex is not happy about it. Every summer, she and Will come up with a new challenge. This year, it’s a treehouse. Now Alex is wrangling up summer jobs and keeping tabs on the new girl, hoping that in completing their treehouse, she can keep from losing her best friend and her summer from falling apart.
I write Middle Grade books and my favorite thing to do is help young people write or connect them with a great book. I’m also a pretty big fan of spicy food and both chocolate and coffee or any combination of chocolate and coffee, but please, don’t make my chocolate or coffee spicy! I grew up in Ohio, but I’ve been living in Singapore for almost 15 years! Which is perfect for spicy food, but also kind of not because it’s super hot here ALL year around and it makes me sweat! On the other hand, it is nice to swim on Christmas!
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