Bee and Butterfly: A Tale of Two Cousins

For ten years, Beatrice Raymond has been known as "Bee" to everyone in Louisiana, Missouri, a nickname that suits her small stature and busy, curious nature. Her father has been abroad collecting butterfly specimens, and in his absence, Bee has grown up in the shadow of her glamorous cousin Adele. While Adele turns heads and collects admirers, Bee finds solace in the natural world, in books, in the quiet spaces where she doesn't have to compete. Now her father is coming home, and Bee is terrified. What if he only sees a plain, awkward daughter when he should have a beauty like Adele? Madison captures the particular ache of a girl who has measured herself against someone else for so long that she's forgotten she has her own worth. This is a story about what happens when the person you've been waiting for finally arrives, and you're not sure anymore who you are without your own insecurity.