Release Date: May 12 2015
Pages: 320
Age Range: Middle Grade/Young Adult
Received from publisher for review
Since middle school, Harper and Lily are besties. No one ever comes between their special friendship. But now high school starts and they will not be together at school anymore, as Lily will go to the high school her parents chose for her: Pathways, a highschool for the more creative types of teens, while Harper will go glitzy Beverly High. They promise they will text each other every day as much as possible. No way high school gets in the way!But as soon as high school starts, thing go of course different then what they expected. Lily, who always wears her fairy wings to high school, is seen as awkward, by the rest of her class. But then she meets a girl with pink hair, Nicolewho runs a club in school, called Namaste, devoted to invidulaity, tolerance and body acceptance and a lot of other things. She gets involved in this group and slowly on she doesn't have that much time and attention for Harper anymore.
Harper isn't quite as high on the social totem pole as she was pre-high school, and she feels quite lost without Lily. Is their friendship bond strong enough to survive high school?
A Tale of Two Besties is a light and sunny read for girls who just left the middle grade age and are soon will be a teen. This story describes what happens when you are just a teen and high school knocks on your door. Friendships that where always there are not sure there anymore and how do you cope with that? The plot was light, a bit too fluffy sometimes and not that original at a few points, but it was fun and entertaining.it's written in both linear and text message format, so it feels super immediate, like you're there with the girls. The characters of Lily and Harper where fun and realistic, they are just girls every teen girl could identify with. The story is set in sunny LA which was nice to read in the summer. You could just imagine every scene and location the author created which was nice. Altough I expected more from it I recommend it!
