Dear Sweet Pea

By Julie Murphy

A letter sets off a life-changing chain of events for Sweet Pea and her family.

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273 pages· 55,962 words· Est. 6 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Sweet Pea DiMarco juggles life between her divorced parents' identical homes and a fractured friendship at school. When tasked with forwarding letters for her eccentric neighbor's advice column, she recognizes a familiar handwriting. Her decision about this letter sparks a series of events that could alter her world and those around her. Can Sweet Pea navigate the chaos and find her own voice amidst the upheaval?

From the publisher

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Four starred reviews!Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the “brilliant” idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind “Miss Flora Mae I?”Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn’t help that at school, Sweet Pea is now sitting right next to her ex-best friend, Kiera, a daily reminder of the friendship that once was. Things might be unbearable if Sweet Pea didn’t have Oscar–her new best friend–and her fifteen-pound cat, Cheese.Then one day Flora leaves for a trip and asks Sweet Pea to forward her the letters for the column. And Sweet Pea happens to recognize the handwriting on one of the envelopes.What she decides to do with that letter sets off a chain of events that will forever change the lives of Sweet Pea DiMarco, her family, and many of the readers of “Miss Flora Mae I?”

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