Ways to Make Sunshine

Title: Ways to Make Sunshine

Author: Renee Watson

Illustrator: Nina Mata

Genre: Realistic fiction

Awards: Bluebonnet

Teacher evaluation: This is a good book to read as a class or alone. It is very easy to read, and it has a great story line. the main character is a great friend who is very understanding. 

 Summary: Ryan and her family moved to a new home. Her dad lost his at the post office, and his new job doesn't make him much money. Ryan misses her old house, and she is not happy about all the changes that are happening. She says her house is smaller than a bungalow, and that there are no stairs for her to play on. She did not change school, so she has a lot of her old friends. They sold one of their cars, and are having a lot of struggles financially, but Ryan learns how to make sunshine out of the hardships that she is going through. Ryan is very nice to anyone, and she ends up being the hero at the end of the story by 

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