Sunny Side Up Book Review

I recently read this wonderful little book. 

It's my favorite kind of story. A coming of age tale mixed in with lightheartedness, humor, and real emotion. The story follows 10 year old Sunshine Lewin during a visit to stay with her Grandfather in Florida at his retirement community. The story as to why she's there is told in small flashbacks throughout the book. It's a story about being a kid, but not knowing exactly what it means to be a kid. We have all had times in our lives where we wished to be older, younger, or just wished we weren't so confused about what we were at the time.

Sunny Side Up is a great story for anyone who has ever had to keep a secret, or anyone who might have to one day, which is everyone. It gently relates ideas that younger readers might be curious about, but that they might be too scared to ask an adult about. I think the audience also includes readers who think they already understand adult issues. It sheds a new light on those issues and how to deal with them with humor, sympathy and humanity.

This is a quick read. It could be read in an hour or two, or it could be read over the course of days. Just reading through the text would be a very quick endeavor, but some panels evoke so much story and emotion while saying so little that the reader could pour over them for great lengths and not get bored.

I didn't feel that much upon finishing this book. I thought, "That was cute. I liked it." After a few days passed by, scenes from the book kept popping up in my head. The old woman on the bench, the picnic in July, and the bar stools seated next to unlimited OJ for 5 cents. Each time I thought of one, I either felt nostalgically rocketed back to my own childhood, or reminded of my own needs to be a better person as an adult.

Like I said before, this is a wonderful little book and I give it 4 out of 5 eggs - all cooked Sunny Side Up.