Sunday is the third child of six. Often she is overlooked. When she and her boisterous family spend the summer in Alma, PA while her dad finishes a library renovation job, she decides that this is the summer when she will accomplish something so amazing no one can overlook her again. In the basement of the library she discovers a locked metal box. After she finds the key to unlock, she discovers a manuscript, some letters, and a couple of cassette tapes. Little does she know what she will learn about friendship and family as investigates the author of the manuscript and letters.
I loved this realistic narrative. The way Ms. Eland portrays the family made me want to be part of it and join in the chaos (for a bit!). The town and residents are wonderful. Fellow booklovers will relish the idea of helping reopen a library and the discovery of an unpublished story.
The writer of manuscript and the correspondents of the letters were obvious to me early on. I felt Sunday and her friend Jude were a bit dense about figuring out who they were!
Considerations: CJ, one of Sunday's brothers, accuses her and her friend Jude of "making out". When a younger sibling asked what it meant, he replied, "Kissing". Emma mentions May's large "you-know-whats".
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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