The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplinโ (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Patricia โSweet Peaโ DiMarco wasnโt sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the โbrilliantโ 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 โMiss Flora Mae I?โ
Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesnโt help that at school, Sweet Pea is now sitting right next to her exโbest friend, Kiera, a daily reminder of the friendship that once was. Things might be unbearable if Sweet Pea didnโt have Oscarโher new best friendโand 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 โMiss Flora Mae I?โ