Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes

“This realistic story about tween emotional swings reads easily and rings true…[a]n enjoyable read about changing friendships and responsibilities.” – Kirkus Reviews“Alex navigates not only her changing friendships but also her family dynamics, with her grandfather moving on after her beloved Nana’s death. The characters are well developed, and nothing in Alex’s journey is easily answered. Her inner voice and turmoil ring true as Alex moves from feeling like a kid to becoming a teen. A perfect choice about the emotional in-between experience for middleschoolers.” – Booklist

Kristi Wientge is originally from Ohio where she grew up writing stories about animals and, her favorite, a jet-setting mouse. After studying to become a teacher for children with special needs, she spent several years exploring the world from China to England, teaching her students everything from English to how to flip their eyelids inside out. She’s spent twelve years raising her family in her husband’s home country of Singapore, where she spends her days ferrying her four kids to school and taking Punjabi and music lessons. With the help of her mother-in-law, she can now make a mean curry and a super-speedy saag. She is the author of Karma Khullar’s Mustache, Honeybees and Frenemies, and Best Friends, Bikinis, and Other Summer Catastrophes.