Kale, My Ex, and Other Things To Toss in a Blender

Gr 6 Up—Mia and Justine begin their summer trying on cute bathing suits to wear to a pool party. It's going to be a great summer for Mia, who has an awesome boyfriend, Seth, even if she does have to work serving sno-cones out of a truck. But when Seth breaks up with her to hook up with another girl, she can focus only on her heartbreak. In order to support Mia, Justine creates a fictitious girl complete with Facebook page and social media profiles to entrap and humiliate Seth. Meanwhile, summer continues: Justine meets a young man working for the summer at the bank. Mia starts to form a "more than friends" relationship with Dennis, Justine's cousin. The two teens spend the summer making smoothies instead of sno-cones and cyberstalking Seth. Mia and Justine do experience guilt for coming up with the fake profile but still carry on with the ruse. Mia stubbornly does not allow herself to get over Seth even while spending time with Dennis. Told from alternating perspectives, the narrative portrays the protagonists as stereotypical self-involved teenagers without nuance or character development. There are no real consequences for the cyberstalking.