Ready to spend a week in the “smallest, gayest town in the world?” In Provincetown, Massachusetts, you can spot whales on the cape, snack on ice cream and fudge, stroll an adorable main street, catch a drag show, and celebrate diversity year-round. Sound like a dream? This inclusive town is a real place, and in Family Week by Sarah Moon, it’s the spot that Lina, Milo, Mac, and Avery’s families have vacationed every year since they were four. They’re thirteen now, and so much is changing that it’s looking like this year might just be the final Family Week ever.
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SO much has happened since the last trip. Lina wrote a letter gushing about her feelings for Avery, and with this feeling like the last trip to P-town, she’s worried about, well, everything, really. Milo is supposed to attend a progressive boarding school, but is dreading leaving his family behind – even if it means getting to play soccer. Avery’s family life is changing drastically and has a LOT of feelings about it, as well as the letter she received from Lina. And Mac? He’s struggling with school and feels like everyone is succeeding without him. And that’s not even all of it – these four friends and their families are going through it, and not exactly being the best at talking about it.
Four best friends spend Family Week together at an annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in Provincetown, MA—the largest of its kind across the world—in this middle grade coming-of-age story that celebrates identity, acceptance, and found family.
For as long as they can remember, Mac, Lina, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in “the smallest, gayest town in the world”—Provincetown, Massachusetts.
But this summer, their big rented beach house feels different. Avery’s dads are splitting up, and her life feels like it’s falling apart. Milo’s flunked seventh grade, which means everyone is moving on to bigger and better things except for him. Mac’s on his way to a progressive boarding school that lets transgender kids like him play soccer, but it means leaving his twin sister, Lina, and his moms—and the safety of home—behind.
Everything is changing, and for Lina, it feels like it’s happening with or without her. Avery, Milo, and Mac know this is going to be their last summer together. But Lina can’t accept that—and if she can make this the best summer ever, maybe she’ll convince them that there will be a Family Week next year. Good things might not last in the real world, but they do in P-town…. Right?
Family Week
AUTHOR: Sarah Moon
PUBLISHER: Knopf Books for Young Readers
DATE: April 15, 2025
Determined to make sure there’s a trip next year, Lina puts all her effort into making this the best summer ever – but will it work? This summery, unapologetically queer coming-of-age story about found family and growing up takes place over the course of a week, and we see glimpses into each character’s POV throughout each day.
Ready to meet the gang? Family Week author Sarah Moon is introducing our readers to Lina, Milo, Avery, and Mac so you can get to know them before diving into this new read!
Meet the Characters from Family Week:
LINA
🖍️In love with Avery. Big time. It’s a problem.
🖍️Worried, maybe about everything, maybe too much, but mostly about Milo, her twin brother who is headed to boarding school in the fall.
🖍️Has two moms, but in Provincetown, what else is new?
🖍️Is a killer artist who can put anything she sees on paper.
🖍️Is determined to make this Family Week the Best. One. Yet.
MILO
⚽️He would never say it, but Milo’s a supergenius. Like, spy-level smart but only 12 years old. At last count, he spoke 7 languages. No wait, 8. He skipped two grades and he’s still bored.
⚽️He’s been accepted to the ever-so-prestigious Truegrove Academy for high school. His big secret? He absolutely does not want to go.
⚽️Milo’s trans, but in Provincetown, what else is new?
⚽️Lina, Milo’s twin, knows him better than anyone, which is why he’s avoiding her like the plague right now.
⚽️With Truegrove looming, Milo feels like this is his last Family Week….ever?
AVERY
✨Avoiding the love letter she got from Lina back in January. But just because she doesn’t want to date her doesn’t mean anyone else can!
✨A poet and she knows it.
✨Her dads are getting divorced and it seems to be all anyone in New Jersey can talk about. Well, that and the new baby. Maybe in Provincetown it won’t matter so much?
✨Has maybe, kind of, a little bit been acting out since her dads split waiting to see if she’ll get caught. Whatever.
✨Has definitely decided this is her last Family Week, ever.
MAC
🛹Trying to keep Mom from telling the rest of the Family Week crew that he’s *this* close to repeating 7th grade.
🛹A skateboard and his earbuds are his constant companions.
🛹His mom is gay and a single mom by choice, but in Provincetown, what else is new?
🛹The heart of a sailor, the life of a landlocked midwesterner.
🛹Milo is driving him crazy: definitely his last Family Week ever.
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