![]() ![]() Straightforward dialogue, captions establishing time and setting, and extended wordless scenes swiftly propel the narrative and will be appreciated by Raina Telgemeier fans. Matthew Holm’s loose, less-is-more cartooning is easy to read and expressive, if occasionally unpolished. These discussions, and the series of flashbacks they often elicit, ultimately lead readers to the truth surrounding Sunny’s visit: back home in Pennsylvania, her teenage brother is struggling with substance abuse, and Sunny is convinced that she made the problem worse - a misconception Gramps lovingly corrects. Why can’t they save the people they love?”). The two spend their time doing odd jobs for spending money and mulling over age-old superhero dilemmas (“But they’re heroes. Her less-than-thrilling days at the retirement community, complete with early-bird specials and trips to the post office, improve after she befriends the groundskeeper’s son, comics-obsessed Buzz. Ten-year-old Sunshine “Sunny” Lewin had been looking forward to spending August at the shore as usual, but her parents have suddenly sent her to Florida to stay with “Gramps” instead. ![]() bicentennial festivities, and a trip to Disney World - but it is much more than a lighthearted nostalgia piece. Set largely during the summer of 1976, this semiautobiographical graphic novel from the brother-and-sister team behind the Babymouse series includes an amiable grandfather, U.S. ![]()
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