![]() ![]() Although the cover illustration may suggest that this is strictly a children's book, it really was appropriate for ANY age over ten.Īs most of my friends probably well know by now, I am generally not all that much a fan of graphic novels as a genre. The 70's nostalgia factor was one of the notable aspects - TaB cola, the Polaroid SX-70 'instant' camera, Dorothy Hamill's 'wedge' hairstyle, and other little details solidly ground the thoughtful story in those weeks following America's Bicentennial celebration. Buzz - who is always bedecked with a Dodgers baseball cap (woot-woot!) - then becomes Sunny's de facto sidekick / best friend, and introduces her to the world of comic book superheroes as they hustle to earn an honest dollar or two for a little spending cash of their own. (The reasons for Sunny's parents sending her away for a month soon become clear via many flashbacks.) Although initially fighting a case of terminal boredom - after all, this is set in the long-ago era before cable TV, cell-phones, and the Internet (thanks, Captain Obvious!) - Sunny soon meets Buzz, an ingratiating Cuban-American boy of similar age. ![]() A native of suburban southeastern Pennsylvania (woot-woot!), she is suddenly shipped off to spend August of 1976 with her widowed grandfather at his retirement cottage in quiet Vero Beach, Florida. Matter-of-fact graphic novel that alternates between the amusing and the bittersweet, Sunny Side Up centers on the plucky blonde ten year-old Sunny Lewin. ![]()
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