Six more months of June

Daisy Garrison

Book - 2024

As their senior year draws to a close, childhood friends Caplan and Mina navigate the challenges of their high school's social hierarchy when Cap's best friend expresses romantic feelings for Mina, and the two friends confront the complexities of love and friendship.

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Subjects
Genres
Young adult fiction
Novels
School fiction
Romance fiction
Published
New York, NY : Flatiron Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Daisy Garrison (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
288 pages ; 22 cm
Audience
Ages 12-18.
ISBN
9781250348678
9781250348654
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Spring of senior year takes an unexpected turn for two best friends in small-town Michigan when new friendships and romances begin to bloom. Mina Stern and Caplan Lewis have been best friends ever since Mina taught Caplan to read in fourth grade. Their friendship has survived high school, despite the separate social circles they inhabit in their senior year. Quiet and academically gifted Mina keeps to herself, self-conscious about the attention she gained after her father died when she was 8 and the panic attacks that subsequently plagued her. Meanwhile, outgoing class president Caplan is captain of the varsity soccer team and "everyone's favorite person." With prom and graduation approaching, Caplan draws Mina into his friend group, and Hollis Cunningham, his girlfriend, plays matchmaker for Mina and skater boy Quinn Amick, who's recently developed an attraction to her. Once Caplan sees Mina with Quinn, however, he begins to realize his feelings for her may have evolved beyond friendship. The complex characters (who explore angst, unconfessed love, the bonds of friendship, and letting go of that which is not meant to be) and the discussions of trauma and mental health add meaningful dimensions to a somewhat pedestrian friends-to-lovers romance. The author alternates Caplan's and Mina's first-person perspectives with each chapter, so readers experience the story's events from both points of view. Major characters read white. A solid romance debut that sensitively explores personal growth. (Romance. 14-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.