Dear Sweet Pea (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062473073)

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Four starred reviews

Patricia "Sweet Pea" DiMarco wasn't sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the "brilliant" idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind "Miss Flora Mae I?"

Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn't help that at school, Sweet Pea is now sitting right next to her ex-best friend, Kiera, a daily reminder of the friendship that once was. Things might be unbearable if Sweet Pea didn't have Oscar--her new best friend--and her fifteen-pound cat, Cheese.

Then one day Flora leaves for a trip and asks Sweet Pea to forward her the letters for the column. And Sweet Pea happens to recognize the handwriting on one of the envelopes.

What she decides to do with that letter sets off a chain of events that will forever change the lives of Sweet Pea DiMarco, her family, and many of the readers of "Miss Flora Mae I?"

Author: Julie Murphy
ISBN-10: 0062473077
ISBN-13: 9780062473073
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2019
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 505158 / Dear Sweet Pea


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 62
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2019 pg. 181
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2019
Shelf Awareness 10/22/2019
School Library Journal 11/01/2019 pg. 58
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average