Honest June: Secrets and Spies

Honest June #3

by Tina Wells, Brittney Bond (Illustrations)

In the third book in this magical series for tweens, June must juggle friendship, first love, and the fallout from a newly discovered family secret involving the entire town--all while under a truth-telling spell.

After the school musical, June has to deal with the fallout of her secret blog being exposed. June's brutally honest thoughts about her friends and family are revealed, and her community turns on her once it's known that she's hidden her true feelings for months.

How can June repair her relationships after such a betrayal? And when she discovers a family secret about the history of Featherstone Creek, how will she keep from blurting out the truth?

Genres: Middle Grade

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 4, 2023

About the author

Tina Wells is the author of the best-selling tween fiction series Mackenzie Blue, and its spinoff series, The Zee Files. Tina lives on the East Coast but likes to travel and share her passion to encourage and uplift young people.

Reviews

[ChrissiesPurpleLibrary · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The truth -told directly, kindly, to people's face -is better."

This was a great end to an amazing series. It was transformative to see June mature and grow in to a more authentic version of herself. Albeit she has quite a ways to go (she is only 13) but she is definitely on her way. I really appreciated how June has very real consequences for her actions. The lessons of how to tell the truth and even when it's uncomfortable for yourself and maybe someone else as well. I hope to read more from June's experiences as she grows into being a teenager and even a young adult. I honestly want to follow June through her whole life. I love my baby girl June.🥰


CW: racial profiling, racial tension, American slave history

[Amanda (BookLoverAmanda) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great story all about our sweet baby June! This one follows June as she continues to juggle friendships, first love and consequences from book 2 when things went crazy! She is still under her fairy godmother's truth telling spell and is trying to repair relationships the best she can to get rid of it. She starts to discover a family secret about the history of Featherstone Creek and things go on from here. A great closing to these 3 books - hope we have more in the Honest June series to come!

[Bella]

This is one of the best books ever!! 100,000,000,000,000/10!!!

[Mari]

The story touched on some great real world scenarios.. it had multiple interesting plot lines, and I think the illustrator did a fabulous job with the illustrations.

[Carlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Fairy tale) June is under her fairy god mother’s spell where she cannot tell a lie. June wrote a “burn book” to keep her thoughts private but it got leaked…by her bff! She’s got to make amends with everyone to lift the spell. But it’s tough while navigating 6th grade life, boys, the school camping trip and a family secret she writes about in the school paper about the towns founders