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Dear Sweet Pea

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By: Julie Murphy
HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. Fiction

Patricia or Sweet Pea as her friends liked to call her, doesn't like change. She wants things in her life to stay the same but they just keep changing and she doesn't know how to stop it. First her parents tell her they are getting divorced and then her BFF decides to dump her for the mean, popular girls.  The only thing that has made life bearable is her new best friend Oscar and her cat, Cheese. However, when she begins to keep secrets from Oscar things seem to get complicated very quickly.

Sweet Pea is an adorable character who is lovable and easy to relate to.  This middle grade novel  is a sweet story about accepting change and rolling with the punches of life. If you have ever been that teen who is caught in the awkward adolescence of life you can relate to Sweet Pea and her struggles. 
This book is a perfect read for older middle grade children who have their own struggles in life. Its about accepting what life gives you and just being yourself, quirks and all. 
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