This was a sweet and fun middle-grade novel about a tween making new friends and finding yourself.

Bea is a very dramatic young lady for whom any mistake or mishap means the end of the world. I found her a bit much at the beginning of the book, but she definitely grows on you. I can also understand that type of personality since she is a 12-year-old girl.

I also found the side characters to be more interesting than Bea... I really loved them and wish that we got to see more of them. They were, in my opinion, more interesting and more mature than Bea. I would love to read a book following them!

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

What a fun middle grade novel about being alone and finding your own way.

When Bea plans to go to a summer camp with her friend, she's excited to have a summer with her friend. Then, her friend backs out, leaving Bea alone. She is left to find and make new friends and face challenges of bullying and aloneness by herself.

This is perfect for those needing a story about finding strength within yourself and believing that, if you put your mind to it, you can achieve whatever your heart desires.

Really enjoyed this, thank you for the e-arc.

Frankie and Bea have aways been best friends. I didn't think the tone was too cutesy.. frankie is going to a different summer camp with horses. Bea goes to hebrew school. I liked the characters

I enjoyed this novel about a girl who is filled with doubts and anxieties and overthinks just about every interaction around her. The characters were authentic and I loved how Bea matured emotionally throughout the story. A lot of middle-grade readers will relate to this book. I must also commend @JoanneLevy on one of the best author notes ever -- so honest and humble and also helpful for aspiring authors.

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Bea is excited to go to her first Jewish summer camp with her best friend Frankie. But when Frankie informs her that she will be going to a different camp, Bea is upset. How will she make friends? Bea meets red-haired Irish Regan and they connect quickly. The summer is filled with laughs, heartache, humiliation, and courage.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a lighthearted read with very redeeming characters. As a former grade 6 science teacher, I feel like the personalities, struggles, and emotions of preteen kids was accurate. This book would be a great read for any late elementary or early middle grade student. There are many themes like courage and friendship; accepting people no matter their differences. I will say, Harry was one of my favorite characters and I feel like he added such an important role to the novel.

Thank you Netgalley and Orca books for this ARC. This is a book and I look forward to adding it to our library after its release.

What do you do when you really want to go to Summer camp with your best friend, but can't. You break out in hives.

Well, at least that is what keeps happening to Bea. And it doesn't help that there are two mean girls there to make sure she keeps getting anxious and breaking out in hives. It gets so that she spends more time in the nurses area, rather than her cabin.

This is a sweet story, with hints of Jewish things, such as the prayer of thanks for food, and the Friday night service. It would have been fun, if there was more, but this is a middle grade fiction and that might not have left any room for the story.


<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

Thank you so much NetGalley for the free eARC!

I absolutely loved this stunning book so much! I enjoyed it from start to finish! I'm so glad I got to read it and I think others should read it too. It's all about strength, courage and friendship. I loved the friendships in this book and they made me cry! I was very saddened at knowing Harry had progeria but I'm glad he decided to enjoy life. It was really amazing over all!
4.5 stars for this!💖

For a 12 yo girl, this would probably be a fantastic book. There are some hard topics regarding friendship, shyness, new experiences, confidence, kindness, and compassion. This is not a middle grade book I would recommend to adults, it’s far too angsty. I feel like so much more could have been done without the constant up and down regarding the non-existent relationship between the main character and her best friend’s brother. In the end the main character does reflect a lot of personal growth, but I strongly feel that a book worth reading by a child, should be worth reading as an adult and it just didn’t sit well with me.

Loved this book about Bea going to summer camp where she makes a new friend, Regan, from Ireland. After getting over the fact that her best friend, Frankie, is not going to the same camp, Bea realizes she can make a new friend and Frankie’s older brother,Jeremy, is a counselor at her camp and Bea has a crush on him. As some mean girls tease Bea about her crush and spread some mistruths, Bea’s hives act up. Then she finds out Regan kissed Jeremy or did she? While recovering from the hives and a sprained ankle, Bea meets Harry who has progeria and they become friends. While Regan is practicing for Annie, the musical, (which is Bea’s favorite) Bea spends more and more time away from everyone except Harry. Regans’s grandmother gets sick and now Regan can’t be in the musical. What will happen? Do Bea and Regan resolve their problems before she has to leave camp? Bea finds out that being brave can be uncomfortable but she needs to try anyway and to always look for the silver lining.

I was given this book for an honest review from Netgalley
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Okay this book was far far better than I thought it would be. I even ugly cried once I love learning different Jewish culture references throughout the book. I love the characters and the loyal friendships. Beautiful read very touching and more emotional than I thought it would be. I'm so happy I got this book. I highly recommend

I received a copy of this book for free from NetGalley.

An adorable story that could definitely use a bit of editing. The story is about a young girl named Bea that goes to summer camp for the first time where she has to make friends, face her fears, and deal with bullies.

I didn’t hate the story but the sentence breaks, tiny paragraphs lacking indentations, and random title in the middle of a few of the pages kept me distracted enough to not really feel immersed in the story. My only other complaint would be how repetitive a lot of the story felt. I never FELT like Bea had best friends, for example, it was just constantly stressed that they were. Or that Jeremy was HERS even though he definitely was not. I would have appreciated a more SHOW rather than TELL in many of these repeat scenes.

I was quite glad to read Bea’s character growth and development throughout the story and the growing up that she did in those weeks away from home. By the end of the story, I was feeling quite proud of her. However, in my opinion, both of her camp friends were more entertaining then our main character and I would have gladly spent more time reading about them.

All in all, a cute quick read.