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Against all odds, the girls soon can't imagine a life without each other.

Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends - and possibly, one day, even sisters. Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same camp for the summer vacation. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and their dads are dating each other. Bett (Dogfish) is fearless, outgoing, and lives in the moment. Avery (Night Owl) is bookish, intense, likes to plan ahead, and is afraid of many things. A REVERSE PARENT TRAP FOR A NEW GENERATION FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS HOLLY GOLDBERG-SLOAN AND MEG WOLITZER. " This hilarious book seamlessly covers a variety of important topics, from puberty to race. " A sweet tale of two girls who become best friends online. It'll appeal to reluctant readers, thanks to the short, breezy way the story is told by email and letter exchanges." - Common Sense Media " The novel manages the difficult balancing act of using increasingly ridiculous, and often funny, situations to drill home the idea that every close relationship takes hard work, particularly when things start going south." - The New York Times " Featuring a dramatic climax and a host of surprising twists, the novel affirms that families conventional and unconventional are families just the same." - Publishers Weekly Now that they can't imagine life without each other, will the two girls (who sometimes call themselves Night Owl and Dogfish) figure out a way to be a family? Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends-and possibly, one day, even sisters.īut things soon go off the rails for the girls (and for their dads too), and they find themselves on a summer adventure that neither of them could have predicted. When their dads fall in love, Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same sleepaway camp.

What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and are both being raised by single, gay dads. Bett Devlin, who's fearless, outgoing, and loves all animals as well as the ocean, lives in California. From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.Īvery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City.