48 pages 1 hour read

Jennifer L. Holm

Sunny Side Up

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

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Essay Topics

1.

Which aspects of the various superheroes discussed in the narrative does Sunny most identify with? What do her preferences illustrate about her as a person?

2.

In what instances does the narrative blame and judge Dale for his beliefs and behaviors? What depictions of Dale evoke empathy for his character? Based on the examples that you chose, what is the story’s overall stance on the youth counterculture rebellion of the 1970s?

3.

How does the story’s art draw attention to specific consumer goods and to the flavor of materialism that dominated mainstream culture in the 1970s?

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