TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Renée
AU  - Mata,Nina
TI  - Ways to make sunshine
T2  - Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection
SN  - 9781432889487 (hardcover alk. paper)
AV  - PZ7.1.S47 Way 2021
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Waterville, Maine
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
KW  - Families
KW  - Oregon
KW  - Portland
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Schools
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Family life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Portland (Or.)
KW  - Large type books
N1  - Ages 7-10; Thorndike Press; Grades 4-6; Thorndike Press
N2  - "Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But Ryan is a girl who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks. As her brother says when he raps about her,she's got the talent that matters most: it's a talent that can't be seen, she's nice, not mean! Ryan is all about trying to see the best in people, to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good friend. But even if her life isn't everything she would wish for, when her big brother is infuriating, her parents don't quite understand, and the unexpected happens, she always finds a way forward, with grace and wit. And plenty of sunshine. Acclaimed author Renée Watson writes her own version of Ramona Quimby, one starring a Black girl and her family, in this start to a charming new series"-- Provided by publisher
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