With his sister, Jennifer, Matthew created the graphic novel series Babymouse and Squish. Matthew Holm was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has been drawing comics since he was in middle school. Funny, poignant, and reassuringly upbeat. With her brother Matthew, Jennifer created the graphic novel series Babymouse and Squish. Our favorite graphic novel of the year Sunny is a character we fell hard for. Holm is the New York Times bestselling and three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of multiple novels for young readers. But the question remains - why is Sunny down in Florida in the first place? The answer lies in a family secret that won't be secret to Sunny much longer.
She meets Buzz, a boy who is completely obsessed with comic books, and soon they're having adventures of their own: facing off against golfball-eating alligators, runaway cats, and mysteriously disappearing neighbors. Really old people.Luckily, Sunny isn't the only kid around. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. At first she thought Florida might be fun - it is the home of Disney World, after all. Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. Ages 8 12.When is a summer vacation not really a summer vacation? Sunny's introduction, via a new friend, to comic-book heroes like Swamp Thing and Batman creates some slightly heavy-handed but effective parallels for Sunny's conflicted feelings about a family she cares for deeply. Colored by Lark Pien in creamy aquas, corals, and yellows, the illustrations shout "Florida coast," and, along with the short chapters, give the story the feel of a serialized Sunday comic. Through skillfully deployed flashbacks, the Holms reveal that these concerns, while not trivial, mask a larger one Sunny's older brother's increasingly out-of-control use of alcohol and drugs. Author(s): Jennifer L Holm All Ages Graphic Novels Everyday Life. With no kids in sight, a squeaky hide-a-bed to sleep on, and a haircut that falls short of the Dorothy Hamill wedge she'd hoped for, Sunny is disappointed at the direction her summer has taken. From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, semi-autobiographical graphic novel. Sunny's planned vacation with a best friend has turned into a solo trip to visit her grandfather at a Florida retirement village. In a compassionate story that opens in the summer of 1976, the brother-sister team behind the Babymouse and Squish series introduces 10-year-old Sunny Lewin, who is facing unwanted change on multiple fronts.
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