{"id":30382,"date":"2016-06-07T23:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=30382"},"modified":"2016-06-07T23:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T03:30:38","slug":"review-of-sunny-side-up-by-jennifer-l-holm-and-matthew-holm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=30382","title":{"rendered":"Review of Sunny Side Up, by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sunny_side_up_large\"<\/a>Sunny Side Up<\/em><\/p>\n

by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm<\/p>\n

with color by Lark Pien<\/p>\n

Scholastic, 2015. 218 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a graphic novel from the authors of the ever-popular Babymouse.<\/em> This one\u2019s a little more serious.<\/p>\n

Set in August 1976, Sunny was looking forward to a family beach trip to finish off the summer \u2013 but instead she\u2019s been sent to stay with her grandpa in Florida. Florida shouldn\u2019t be so bad \u2013 It\u2019s the home of Disneyworld! But Gramps lives in a retirement community. All his friends are as old as he is.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there\u2019s one other kid at the retirement community, the son of the groundskeeper. He and Sunny start hanging out, doing things like finding lost cats and missing golf balls. But even better, he introduces Sunny to comic books.<\/p>\n

But meanwhile, Sunny\u2019s remembering back to things that happened before she left home. Her older brother used to be a whole lot of fun, but he had been changing recently. Sunny tried to help \u2013 and it didn\u2019t end well. Is it her own fault she got sent away to Florida?<\/p>\n

This is a fun and gentle story that lightly touches the issue of a family member with substance abuse. Mostly it\u2019s about a kid learning to have a lovely summer even in a retirement community. Sunny is a protagonist you can\u2019t help but love.<\/p>\n

jenniferholm.com <\/a>
\nmatthewholm.net<\/a>
\nlarkpien.blogspot.com<\/a>
\nscholastic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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