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A review by anniekslibrary
Second Chance Summer by Sarah Kapit
4.0
With this book, Sarah Kapit has really cemented herself as one of my favourite middlegrade authors. Each of her books is so different but so incredibly well done.
This book is dual POV and follows two timelines. Our main characters are Maggie, a fat Jewish girl with dyspraxia, and Chloe, who figures out she's a lesbian over the course of the book. They used to be best friends, and in the "then" timeline, we see what leads to their friendship breakup. In the "now", they've ended up at the same summer camp, and have to figure out if they can be friends again, or if they're better off without each other.
I don't think there are nearly enough books to center friendships, and particularly friendship breakups, which are something everyone goes through, but which we don't get to read about a lot. Both characters go through a lot of growth in the book, and I thought it was a very heartfelt story.
This book is dual POV and follows two timelines. Our main characters are Maggie, a fat Jewish girl with dyspraxia, and Chloe, who figures out she's a lesbian over the course of the book. They used to be best friends, and in the "then" timeline, we see what leads to their friendship breakup. In the "now", they've ended up at the same summer camp, and have to figure out if they can be friends again, or if they're better off without each other.
I don't think there are nearly enough books to center friendships, and particularly friendship breakups, which are something everyone goes through, but which we don't get to read about a lot. Both characters go through a lot of growth in the book, and I thought it was a very heartfelt story.