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As a fellow follower of Julie Murphy, I was super excited about this book. And I will say it was a good book, but not my favorite. The subject was exactly the same as three other books that I'm also reading, so it had to shine above the rest. And it did. The characters felt like the age that they were supposed to be, which is one way it went above the others. I also thought it was a little bit more focused on the general real life of a middle graders than just the family situation of the characters (dad leaves mom because he is gay). This is about broken friendships as well, which is true- it really happens, and the two intermingle, never separately. So well done. However, I'm finding that I'm not really a middle grade book reader, so that is why it's a 3 star for me. This blog is about how I like the book, not the true merit of the book (which would have been a 5/5 star)