Honeybees and Frenemies

Written by Kristi Wientge

A summer of pageants, old rivalries, and family upheaval challenges Flor's world.

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256 pages· 50,568 words· Est. 7 hour read· 870L

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Bookroo's summary

Flor's summer before eighth grade is anything but ordinary. Stuck at home while her best friend is away, she's roped into a local honey pageant alongside her old rival, Candice. As tensions rise, Flor must navigate the complexities of friendship and family, especially with the looming threat of moving to New Jersey and her parents' constant fighting. Can she mend old wounds and keep her family together, or will this summer change everything? Dive into a tale of unexpected alliances and personal growth.

From the publisher

Twelve-year-old Flor faces a bittersweet summer with a pageant, a frenemy, and a hive full of honey.

It’s the summer before eighth grade and Flor is stuck at home and working at her family’s mattress store, while her best friend goes off to band camp (probably to make new friends). It becomes even worse when she’s asked to compete in the local honey pageant. This means Flor has to spend the summer practicing her talent (recorder) and volunteering (helping a recluse bee-keeper) with Candice, her former friend who’s still bitter about losing the pageant crown to Flor when they were in second grade. And she can’t say no.

Then there’s the possibility that Flor and her family are leaving to move in with her mom’s family in New Jersey. And with how much her mom and dad have been fighting lately, is it possible that her dad may not join them? Flor can’t let that happen. She has a lot of work to do.

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