![]() ![]() Praise for SUNNY SIDE UP “Heartbreaking and hopeful, this book is just the thing to chase away the clouds.” – RAINA TELGEMEIER, creator of SMILE and GHOSTS “Funny, poignant, and reassuringly upbeat.” – KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review “A must-have graphic novel. But when Dale comes back on vacation, Sunny STILL misses him. Sunny misses her brother Dale, who’s been sent away to boarding school. Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing, but life at home is confusing, too. But the truth is that Sunny is NOT having the best time. When Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she’s doing, she always tells him she’s fine. Summer’s over, and it’s time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of. Elephanter have been adapted into children’s books. She has published many comics and is the colorist for Printz Award winner AMERICAN BORN CHINESE and BOXERS & SAINTS. ![]() LARK PIEN, the colorist of SUNNY SIDE UP and SWING IT, SUNNY, is an indie cartoonist from Oakland, California. Matthew’s most recent novel is MARVIN AND THE MOTHS, written with Jonathan Follett. Jennifer is also the author of many acclaimed novels, including three Newbery Honor books and the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH. HOLM & MATTHEW HOLM are the award-winning brother-sister team behind the Babymouse and Squish series, as well as the first Sunny book, SUNNY SIDE UP. Review - Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impendin.JENNIFER L.Review - A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.Review - Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story.I didn't enjoy this one any more than the first book in the series. It's very sparse, and it comes to a halt so abruptly that I didn't realize for a moment that the book had ended. She meets a new neighbour, learns to play with batons, and laughs at her little brother eating sand. It's just a bunch of random scenes loosely connected by Sunny's feelings about missing her brother. I was hoping for a bit more character development there.)Īside from that, the plot is non-existent. Other than his haircut, Dale is pretty much the same troubled teenager he always was. (I don't think that synopsis is particularly accurate, either. It's implied that he's a delinquent "just because", and while that might be the way it sometimes is in real life, in fiction it just seems like lazy storytelling. The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking about things like secret abuse, or something going on in that family. Something nasty has to be going on behind the scenes, because he's so messed up. I know this is middle grade, so you can't get too far into the darker themes, but I really don't get Sunny's brother. Well, that was just as underwhelming as the first book in the series. Instead, she's going to remain Sunny-side up! because she is NOT going let all this confusion get her down. ![]() Luckily Sunny's got her best friend and a mysterious new neighbor on her side. But when Dale comes back, she STILL misses him. Sunny misses her brother Dale, who's been sent to boarding school. Not only is the whole middle school thing confusing. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of. ![]()
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