The book alternates between both character viewpoints.

Both love theater more than anything, and when they’re assigned the same cabin at theater camp, they’re going to have to confront one another, especially if the camp’s Wicked performance is going to succeed. Maddie thinks Chloe is embarrassed by her and doesn’t want to be friends with a neurodiverse fat girl. Chloe thinks Maddie must be jealous of her stardom, though secretly she’s a bit jealous of Maddie and her open-hearted two moms. But she’s also struggling with the onset of her period, and her realization that she’s attracted to girls. Chloe has everything going for her: she’s thin, popular, and starring in a streaming series. Maddie and Chloe have been best friends since kindergarten, but when Maddie’s dyspraxia leads to an embarrassing moment during a middle school play that goes viral, she and Chloe stop hanging out. It’s an excellent month for reading, and I hope you find some new reads to add to your TBR on this list of May children’s book releases. Several of these May children’s book releases would also make excellent summer reads as kids get out of school for summer break, with books featuring swimming lessons, vacations, and summer camps. There are picture books about cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and found families, middle grade novels about surviving war with siblings, grieving a sibling’s death, and divorce. For my top 12 May children’s book releases, families of all types are a common theme. Speaking of being too packed, it was so tough to narrow this list of May children’s book releases down to these 12 incredible books. If anything, the month is getting a bit too packed with holidays and celebrations, but I won’t complain. I am also, somehow, celebrating my 40th (!!!) birthday this month and my husband and I’s 14th wedding anniversary (22nd dating anniversary!). The weather is typically very nice throughout the month (though it can get a little hot here in the South), everything is green and growing, and flowers are blooming. Yay for May! May is one of my favorite months of the year.

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