TBH #1: TBH, This Is So Awkward

To be honest (TBH), middle-school is rough! Cecily, Gabby, and Prianka have been BFFAE since Pre-K, so it’s totally natural when they don’t include the new girl, Victoria, in their plans and group texts. Between organizing the school Valentine’s Day dance, prepping for their first boy/girl party, and trying to keep their texts so boring their moms won’t use spy apps to read them, the friends only have time for each other. But when Victoria is accidentally sent a hurtful text message, the entire sixth grade gets called out for bullying, cellphones are confiscated, and the trio known as CPG4Eva is forced to figure out just how strong their friendships are IRL.

In an innovative format combining group texts, letters to self, notes passed in class, emails, and even a few haikus, Lisa Greenwald’s compulsively readable new duology explores the stresses of middle school and texting culture with insight, humor, and lots of love.