She’s such a cute character that I really wanted to know more about her life in late 70s Pennsylvania. Now this is what I have been waiting to read in this series: the middle school / middle grade aspect of Sunny’s life. Trying hard to be cool can make you feel really uncool. Especially when it’s your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Because when you’re sword fighting and spider-slaying, it’s hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. She’s much more comfortable when she’s in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends.
Sunny’s not against any of these things, but she also doesn’t understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. No redistribution permitted.ABOUT : Too cool for school.
The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. roger Sutton September/October 2019 p.89(c) Copyright 2019. Periodic appraisals by the Groovy Meter provide this graphic novel with a funny throughline of high and low (mostly low) moments, and the cartoon panels evoke the seventies vibe with just the mildest of satire (Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans!) and plenty of affection.
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11/17 ) will know that Sunny will be fine, but not before an entertaining series of social gaffes and identity crises is met with Sunnys essential good sense and the magic of DD. Can Sunny remain true to herself, even as she sees best friend Deb racing ahead to the world of hot-rollers and boys? Readers of the first two Sunny books (Sunny Side Up, rev. And then she has to go and become an eager initiate of Dungeons Dragons, which might now have a nostalgic hipness in the wake of Stranger Things but was not something the cool kids did in 1977. I mean, she still wears galoshes, a definite zero on the Groovy Meter. When seventh-grader Sunny takes the Are You a Groovy Teen? quiz in Teen!, you know it wont go well. VERDICT A sweet, funny, and silly story with a serious message at its core: stop trying so hard to be cool, and just have fun being yourself.-Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library Though the book is the third in the series about Sunny, newcomers will easily dive right in. Colorful, cartoony art adds humor and appeal. It will be easy for readers to identify with likable Sunny as she struggles to balance her self-image with other people's ideas about who she should be. But Sunny gets mixed messages from other girls and from teen magazines about how girls should look and act, and she starts to avoid the D & D group. Sunny also finds reminders of the game in real life, like comparing the gelatin in the school cafeteria to gelatinous cube monsters and applying the "always check for traps" rule to other risky tasks. She joins a group of boys who play Dungeons & Dragons, and she thoroughly enjoys the game, intrigued by the exciting stories and unusual monsters.
Gr 4-7-It's 1977, and Sunny is just starting seventh grade. Sunny's going to find her groove and her own kind of groovy, with plenty of laughs along the way. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. or the least groovy girl in the grade?Sunny's just made it to middle school.
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From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the third book in the bestselling Sunny series, Sunny Rolls the Dice - full of heart, laughs, and adventure! Too cool for school.
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