Relatable, age-appropriate, and more important now than ever.
—Kirkus Review

It offers readers excellent opportunities for debate and meaningful discussion on a wide variety of topics, particularly in a classroom setting. Ultimately, the story’s message to respectfully communicate and be open-minded regardless of one’s personal beliefs is a lesson worth learning.
—Booklist

Alice and Bee tackle heavy topics with care, respect, and persistence—while their discussions about abortion, sexuality, race, and religion can be prickly and difficult, the cousins always loop back to patience and honesty. Their meaningful connection, forged through affection, grief, and a determination to be a better model of family than their own mothers were, evolves authentically, and their friendship is one that readers will likely become deeply invested in.
—Bulliten of the Center for Children’s Books