Fans of Judy Blume, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street , and The Penderwicks will love this funny, charismatic story of a Jewish girl striving to forge her own identity in the shadow of her fearless best friend. **A 2023 Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book!** **A Kirkus Best Book of 2022** * "Authentic, joyful, achingly real." ― Kirkus Reviews , starred review * “An effortless story that is both widely relatable and culturally specific…highly recommended.” ― School Library Journal , starred review “Refreshing.” ― School Library Connection , recommended Milla and Honey have been best friends since forever. Milla envies Honey’s confidence, her charisma, and her big, chaotic family―especially when they provide a welcome escape from Milla’s own small family and quiet house. In their close-knit Jewish community, the two girls do everything together, from delivering meals to an ill-tempered elderly neighbor, to shopping at a local thrift store, celebrating the holidays, and going to their first bat mitzvahs while studying for their own. So when Honey joins Milla’s school for sixth grade, why is it not as great as Milla expected? Can their friendship survive all the ups and downs the year has in store for them? And will Milla ever find the courage to step out of Honey’s shadow and into her own spotlight? Charming, authentic, and wise, Honey and Me is a classic coming-of-age story filled with relatable middle school struggles, keen insight, and sparkling humor. * "Authentic, joyful, achingly real." ― Kirkus Reviews , starred review "It puts its finger precisely on the pulse of adolescence, capturing the power, and also heartbreak, of close female friendships, difficult mother-daughter relationships and teachers who change our lives forever." -- The Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) **A 2023 Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book!** **A Kirkus Best Book of 2022** * " Authentic, joyful, achingly real ." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review * " An effortless story that is both widely relatable and culturally specific ...highly recommended." - School Library Journal, starred review Notable Social Studies Trade Books Award 2023 CCBC Choices 2023 Best Jewish Children's Books of 2022 Meira Drazin is a prolific freelance writer who has published dozens of articles about parenting and topics of Jewish interest. Honey and Me ―her debut novel―won the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, given by the Association of Jewish Libraries to an unpublished fiction manuscript with appeal to Jewish and non-Jewish readers. Meira grew up in Toronto, built an adult life in New York, and now lives in London with her husband and their four children. Learn more at meiradrazin.com.