The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9780316515535
Pages
384 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Sunny St. James receives a new heart, she decides to set off on a New Life Plan: 1) do awesome amazing things she could never do before; 2) find a new best friend; and 3) kiss a boy for the first time. Her New Life Plan seems to be racing forward, but when she meets her new best friend Quinn, Sunny questions whether she really wants to kiss a boy at all. With the reemergence of her mother, Sunny begins a journey to becoming the new Sunny St. James
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
690L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Family Member Death; Legal Guardianship; Gay/Lesbian; Addiction; Illness; death of father; legal guardian; lesbian; lesbian child; cardiomyopathy; alcoholism
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
female legal guardian
LGBTQ+
lesbian
Keywords
friendship; heart problems; heart surgery; heart transplant; mothers and daughters; sexual orientation; surfing; family problems
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Blake, Ashley Herring, "The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James" (2019). Diverse Families. 2060.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2060