Honeybees and Frenemies

Twelve-year-old Flor faces a bittersweet summer with a pageant, a frenemy, and a hive full of honey in this "sweet and satisfying read about friendship, sisterhood, and change" (Kirkus Reviews).

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/04/2019
ISBN: 9781534438156
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.10d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2019 pg. 78
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 05/27/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 503393 / Honeybees and Frenemies
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8