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Call Me Sunflower

Miriam Spitzer Franklin
5
(8)
Pages
272
Year
2017
Language
English

About

Sunny Beringer hates her first name-her real first name-Sunflower. And she hates that her mom has suddenly left behind her dad and uprooted their family miles away from New Jersey to North Carolina just so she can pursue some fancy degree. Sunny has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, and she's had to leave her beloved cat and all her friends behind. And no one else seems to think anything is wrong. So she creates "Sunny Beringer's Totally Awesome Plan for Romance"-a list of sure-fire ways to make her parents fall madly in love again, including: Send Mom flowers from a "Secret Admirer" to make her dad jealous and make him regret letting them move so far away. Make a playlist of his favorite love songs-the mushier the better-and make sure it's always playing in the car. Ask them about the good old days when they first fell in love. But while working on a photo album guaranteed to make Mom change her mind and rush them right back home, Sunny discovers a photo-one that changes everything. Sunny's family, the people she thought she could trust most in the world, have been keeping an enormous secret from her. And she'll have to reconcile her family's past and present, or she'll lose everything about their future.

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Reviews

"Sunny's story is heartfelt and hopeful, and it's a poignant reminder that families don't have to be perfect to be full of love."
Gail Nall, author of Breaking the Ice and Out of Tune
"Call Me Sunflower is one of those rare books that settles into your very core and stays with you long after you finish the last page. Sunny's story will captivate your heart, oftentimes break it, but ultimately heal it together with a warm hug filled with the promise of hope."
Brooks Benjamin, author of My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights
"Readers will be both heartbroken and warmed by the way Sunny views the world and her attempts to change it. This is a story of love, family, resilience, and grief-themes that resonate with many. Sunny is a relatable heroine with a noble cause that readers won't soon forget."
Erin Entrada Kelly, author of Hello, Universe

Extended Details

  • ATOSGrade Level 4.8
  • Interest LevelsMG
  • Lexile720L

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