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Sunny's going to find her groove and her own kind of groovy, with plenty of laughs along the way. Trying hard to be cool can make you feel really uncool. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends.

Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. or the least groovy girl in the grade? Sunny's just made it to middle school.

From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the third book in the bestselling Sunny series, Sunny Rolls the Dice - full of heart, laughs, and adventure Too cool for school.

Pick up this quick read on August 25, 2015. Full page spreads of popular comic heroes are featured in fact, my favourite illustration is on page 176, of Sunny imagining her brother Dale turning into the Hulk! I also enjoyed that Sunny and Buzz bond over a shared love of comic books. I laughed when “the girls” are introduced, and gift her with the Barbie toiler roll holder. While there are serious moments, there are plenty of funny bits with her Gramps and her new friend, Buzz. It’s a good lesson to learn and I think it was done appropriately for the target age group. Rather than keeping secrets, Sunny realizes it’s better to discuss her feelings, and is able to do that with her Gramps. Sunny’s brother, Dale is struggling with substance abuse and had accidently punched Sunny when she tried to intervene.

Through flashbacks, readers learn the reason for her visit. Ten-year-old, Sunshine (Sunny), is sent to spend the summer with her Gramps in a retirement complex in Florida.

The book definitely has the look and feel of Raina Telgemeier, and she is actually quoted on the front cover, “Heartbreaking and hopeful, SUNNY SIDE UP is just the thing to chase away the clouds.” I agree, Raina! Thanks Scholastic for sending an advanced reading copy of this serious yet funny middle-grade graphic novel. Following the lives of kids whose older brother’s delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, Sunny Side Up is at once a compelling “problem” story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world. From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, semi-autobiographical graphic novel.