When Sweet Pea’s parents get a divorce, they try to keep things normal for her in the strangest way possible. Her father moves into a house just two doors down from her mother and tries to make the house identical, down to painting the walls to match the old wall paper. In between her parents lives the town eccentric and advice columnist, Miss Flora Mae. When Miss Flora has to take an emergency trip, Sweet Pea house sits. When she gives into temptation and reads the letters asking for advice, she finds out more than she bargained for.
Sweet Pea is aptly named and a funny, sweet protagonist. I enjoyed watching her navigate friendships, her parents’ divorce, and her small town’s response to her father coming out as gay.
Erica's Picks
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
Grades 3 - 6
Tags: Character Driven, Contemporary Fiction, Family Life, Friendship, Humor, LGBTQ
Sweet Pea is aptly named and a funny, sweet protagonist. I enjoyed watching her navigate friendships, her parents’ divorce, and her small town’s response to her father coming out as gay.
Erica's Picks
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
Grades 3 - 6
Tags: Character Driven, Contemporary Fiction, Family Life, Friendship, Humor, LGBTQ
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