School Library Journal - Gr 4–6-It's autumn of 1976, and Sunny has just entered middle school. The Holms do an impressive job of tapping into the free-associative way kids process anxiety, and Sunny’s gradual process of facing her fears and finding a way to relate to her brother is sweet and inspiring. While bright, cartoonish art and lively atmosphere are certainly playful, there’s a serious undercurrent of emotional complexity here. In breezy vignettes spanning a school year, the Holms offer glimpses into Sunny’s day-to-day, but her fun is frequently interrupted by fears about her brother, which are often triggered by totally unrelated things, like a TV show and an idle joke made by her parents. She’s starting middle school, hanging out with her best friend, playing with her baby brother, and making friends with her new next-door neighbor, but her brother’s in a military boarding school after getting into trouble with drugs, and she’s worried about whether he’s okay. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/10/17)īooklist - Sunny Lewin is back home after spending the summer with Gramps in Florida (Sunny Side Up, 2015), but things aren’t quite back to normal. Video Preview: Accelerated Reader Information:
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family-in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
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