Second Chance Summer

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......more

This was an excellent dual POV, queer middle grade coming of age story featuring the complicated relationship between two best friends and their time at theatre camp one summer working on a production of Wicked. I loved the disability and fat rep in this book! It was done so well and I learned a lot......more

If, as an adolescent, you ever had a rocky relationship with a close friend, Sarah Kapit's lovely story Second Chance Summer will bring those feelings back for you in force: the awkwardness of the rapid bodily changes we experience at that age, the frustration at others' seeming unfairness or lack o......more

I recieved a free eARC of this book. Thank you for the opportunity. I'm a music teacher by profession. But as a kid, I was just like Maggie in this book. A talented kid musically with two left feet. I was in grad school before I was diagnosed with dyspraxia. Like Maggie, I had big dreams, but also a......more

This had such great, broad appeal. Diverse body, ability, sexual orientation, and family structure representation. The dissolution of a friendship was relatable and I like that it wasn’t neatly tied up with a bow at the end.......more