Wow, that was good. Really, really good. Probably my favorite read of the year! Lara and Caroline were such dear characters, and their voices were so captivating. I found Lara especially relatable. While she was frustrating in the way she went about things, her exhaustion with secrets and dishonesty was really relatable. I loved being inside the minds of these lovely autistic girls and seeing the way their minds work. My one compliant is how things left with Micah. ***Mild spoiler ahead*** I can't imagine that he wouldn't want to be Caroline's friend anymore, but Kapit left it so ambiguous that I don't really have any idea. On the one hand, I love that for kids who /do/ have a disagreement with a friend that doesn't result in them still being friends. But on the other, I felt that it went against his character to just /not/ forgive her. And it would have been really easy to wrap it up more clearly. ***end mild spoiler***

Overall, this book was a lovely story about, among other things, when the desire for honesty becomes just plain nosiness, and about the perseverance of familial love and forgiveness. I highly recommend it to any and all ages! It was very engagingly written and easy to read, and great autism and Jewish representation.

Many thanks to Netgalley for the free review copy!