12-year-old girls Hadley and Willow have one major thing in common: their moms are influencers who share every detail about their lives online. Hadley’s mom prefers the “hot mess express” approach to family life and posts plenty of embarrassing content of the kids, while Willow’s mom prefers to seem prim, proper, and in total control, but it’s all just an image for their brands. The two girls bond over their frustrations with the momfluencer lifestyle and share the realities behind the carefully curated photos on a private Instagram that they share. As Hadley starts and a new school and tries to make cool new friends and Willow tries to be true to herself with a new hobby, the two of them have the same question: will their lives be life up to public scrutiny forever?

This is a fascinating (and very timely!) take on the realities of influencer culture. I hear from my students often that a career as an influencer is a very sought-after life after their school years are over, but there is so little information out there about what it’s actually like. This book will spark important discussions for kids about the nature of privacy in the internet age.

There’s a lot for parents to think about here, too. In a small revenge plot, Hadley finds very unflattering things that were posted online about a girl who was cruel to her. Surprise: they were posted by the girl’s parents! Embarrassing post-surgery drug-induced funny faces, baby photos in the bathtub…adults and kids alike have become way too comfortable sharing every detail of their lives on the internet, and this book is a great little case study on why some things should stay private.

In addition to the influencer plot, there’s some classic middle grade realistic fiction moments of being true to yourself, finding the right friends, and showing kindness, even when it’s difficult.

My complaint about this book are three things that are out of place in a middle grade novel:
1. Use of the word “friggin’”
2. A depiction of Hadley’s mom wearing nothing but a bath towel, then posting pictures of it online. I understand the purpose is to demonstrate her intense over sharing habit, but for a middle grade audience, a bathrobe would have sufficed.
3. In the aforementioned revenge moment against another girl, Hadley is also given information that the girl had sent “sexy snaps” to a male classmate. This is an important issue too, but better suited for a YA audience.

With more and more people coming forward about their experiences as the children of influencers and chronically online families, this book is going to be at the forefront of a huge wave of new media. So Over Sharing is the story of Hadley and Willow who are both the daughters of momfluencers. While their moms' social media brands are different, both girls resent the ways that they are portrayed online. Lies, secrets, and their real feelings come to the surface, with major real world consequences for Hadley, Willow, and their families.

This is a must-read middle grade book for both adults and kids. Kids will be drawn in by the rawness of Hadley and Willow's experiences . They'll love the parts of the story that are told through text messages and group chats and be engrossed in both the social and family drama. Adults will walk away from the book with a new perspective on how kids experience life online - both their own digital footprints and their parents'.

In light of recent legislation and memoirs from children of influencers, this middle grade fiction title that takes a long hard look at so-called momfluencers and how their work impacts the lives of their children feels particularly relevant. Weissman did an excellent job conveying the different issues each child had with their moms' work as well as creating two distinct voices. The fall-out from making a tell-all account about their moms' accounts public felt realistic, but the both moms reactions felt a bit forced or unrealistic. Overall, a definite recommend for tweens interested in the logistics and problems with social media.

What do you do when your life is lived in public? This is the problem Hadley and Willow face. Their moms are influencers. Hadley’s mom shows the down and dirty and embarrassing to your kids side of parenting-including a viral video of Hadley during potty training. Willow’s mom shows fhe sweet, pretty, and perfect, ignoring her daughter’s real interests. Both are tired of it, so set up a secret, shared instagram of their own, showing the truth of the influencer lifestyle, while trying to deal with their own lives under the camera.

This, is in many ways, a real situation for kids who have lived lives on camera, whether it’s TV reality shows, instagram, TikTok, etc. And even those who have not had that experience themselves probably have laughed at funny videos and. Channels. This is an excellent middle grade novel that should find a place in bookshelves and libraries.

This was a good read, and I think a lot of kids are really going to like it. It takes something that fascinates so many of them—social media fame—and explores the downside of growing up with influencer parents. Hadley and Willow come from very different worlds, but they share the same problem: their moms post everything online, whether they like it or not.

I really liked how the story balanced humor with some pretty big emotions. There are fun moments—Hadley’s bookish references, Willow’s boxing—but at its core, it’s about boundaries, privacy, and figuring out how to stand up for yourself. It’s such an important topic, and I can see a lot of young readers relating to it.

While it wasn’t my personal favorite, I know kids in my library are going to connect with this one. It’s timely, thoughtful, and definitely worth a read.

Such an interesting middle grade novel about the impacts of influencer parents on their young kids! Twelve year olds Hadley and Willow meet each other and strike up a friendship, commiserating over the fact that their moms both share inauthentic or exaggerated content about them and their siblings online. They start up a private Instagram page @WeAre_NOT_Content where they can post about how their moms’ content is manipulated and share their feelings about being posted for thousands of strangers to see.

I really enjoyed how there were two different perspectives of “momfluencers” and the ways that they portray their families. Hadley’s mom is all about “keeping it real” and showing the chaos of raising a family. But that also comes with posting embarrassing videos of Hadley that she wishes weren’t online. She’s entering a new school and hopes that she can keep this a secret so that she doesn’t get bullied again because of the viral potty training video of her. Whereas Willow’s mom is trying to portray a very curated, beautiful view of motherhood and her children that doesn’t allow Willow to show her true style or interests. She ends up feeling that she isn’t good enough because her mom wants to change everything about her in order to go online. The book shows that even though Hadley and Willow think that the other’s experience might be better than their own, that there are still downsides to both of them.

Outside of just speaking about the impact of influencer parents the book also touches on inauthentic friendships, learning to stand up for yourself, and pursuing your true interests. Willow and Hadley were both unique and well fleshed out characters. I enjoyed reading about their individual journeys and seeing the ways that they grew from their mistakes and learned to stand up for what they felt was right.

This seems like it would be a good book for parents to read with their kids. It can show the kids the downsides of being an influencer and all the backlash that can come with it. But it would also show the parents how what they post (even if they think it’s a cute story or image) can result in bullying for their kids even if they aren’t influencer level famous. But I think that outside of a parenting context it’s a fascinating read for people who enjoy middle grade stories or are disturbed by influencer families online. So definitely check this one out if it sounds interesting to you!

4.5 stars rounded up to five. I really loved this book about kids of influencers! The set up, with their moms having opposite “brands” (chaotic vs perfect) worked really well, especially as the kids figured out that both sucked. I loved that the reveal of the kids secret blog wasn’t an accident, as I assumed it would be. And that the consequences of that for their moms was severe and life changing. Great book!

We spend a lot of time telling kids and teens to be careful about what they post online, but what if it is their parents who are oversharing? Hadley and Willow both have mothers who are considered "Momfluencers," sharing the details of their families' lives. Neither Hadley or Willow are happy about it. Using the phrase, "We are not content" -- read as both CONtent (material) and conTENT (pleased), they commiserate about the havoc this wreaks on their lives. There is a lot going on in this story, from the highlight reel of social media to the ripple effects of sharing online. This would make a great mother-daughter read. Highly recommended for grades 5 & up.

This is a truly excellent middle grade novel about the impact influencer moms can have on their children's lives. Twelve-year-olds Hadley and Willow are very different people, but they bond over the fact that their mothers are both 'momfluencers' on social media. Hadley is going to a new school and dreads her new classmates finding embarrassing videos of her online. Willow is trying to break out of the mold of 'perfect daughter' her mother keeps pushing her into for her Instagram account. The story comes to us through the alternating perspectives of Hadley and Willow.

I was hooked from the start by this story, and remained hooked throughout. The struggles Hadley and Willow are faced with feel real and very relevant in this age of social media, and both girls are great and fully realized protagonists with layered and distinct personalities. Throughout the story, they make questionable choices, but still remain understandable and easy to root for. The stakes of the story feel high for both these tweens and the adults around them.

The novel brings up a number of interesting and relevant themes, which all feel integrated seamlessly into the narrative. Hadley and Willow deal with family dynamics, friendship dynamics, and the effects of social media fame (both good and bad). The story shows the difference between good and bad friends, the difficultly and importance of standing up for yourself, and the consequences of lying, illustrating how one harmless initial lie can snowball out of control.

The portrayal of the impact that 'momfluencers' have on their children's lives feels realistic and concerning. The author does a great job discussing social media with nuance, neither glorifying nor villainizing it. This would be an excellent book for all middle graders to read (and some parents too!) to make them more aware of the impact of social media on their real lives, and it would be a great jumping-off point for parents to have further discussion with their tweens about this topic.

Highly recommended!

Wow i LOVEDDD this book , I've never read about momfluencers and didnt think i would like it. I was wrong. I LOVED IT ,the social dynamics everything! I really liked willow and hadleys perspective, it was refreshing , and the writing made me feel like it was right there. Overall this was a great book for 8 to 12 year olds but all ages can enjoy it! I give this a 4.9 stars out of 5

I was intrigued by the premise- two girls battling for privacy in the midst of their momfluencers’ success- but I couldn’t get into this. While I sympathized with Willow and Hadley, I didn’t really connect with either one. Hadley comes from a big family, but her siblings aren’t well-developed and barely even have dialogue. This kind of felt like a missed opportunity.

Kids are NOT content.

But they are absolutely going to love this book.

I can't get over how fantastic this novel was and how much I think my students will enjoy it. It takes a topic that a lot of kids are fascinated by - influencing - but exposes the negative aspects of growing up without privacy. The dual narration provides two great perspectives of types of momfluencing and the responses to it, filled with humor and chaos and great character journeys. Whether you are drawn to Willow's boxing or Hadley's book references, it is very easy to root for these two girls to stand up for themselves.

Perfect for fans of One Kid's Trash or Maizy Chen's Last Chance because these are two perfectly imperfect twelve year olds. You may not always like their choices, but you will LOVE them.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dial for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.