Sweet Pea’s parents are getting a divorce. Their “perfect solution" is that her Dad
has bought a house on the same street (just two houses down). The two houses are nearly identical and they fill them with matching furniture. Her parents want
her to have a “mirror” home, so that whether she’s staying with Mom or Dad, she
pretty much has the same space. But it
just seems creepy to Sweet Pea and she would much rather that they all just
stayed together in the first place.
Between these two houses lives Miss Flora Mae – an eccentric
old lady who authors a local agony aunt column.
She hires Sweet Pea to handle her mail when she has to go away for a few
weeks. While Sweet Pea is only supposed to
bundle up letters and forward them, she succumbs to the temptation to read
and answer a few of them for herself.
Those actions have consequences.
A lovely middle reader from the author of NA stand-outs Dumplin’ and Puddin’. Sweet Pea is
basically a little sister to the heroines of those books – full of
resourcefulness and a bit of mischief, but with a heart of gold. It’s rare for an author to manage success in
different genres, but Murphy does so with aplomb, dialing down her style for a
tween audience. And while she pulls out
some well-trod topics (divorce and friends outgrowing each other), she gives
them a nice original (Texan) flavor. A
fun and enjoyable read.
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