Name: A Summer of Sundays
ISBN: 9781606845417

Lindsay Eland

"Always lost in the shuffle of her large family, an eleven-year-old girl decides that this summer she'll make sure she stands out, and a discovery in the library basement may help"--

A Summer of Sundays

Lynn Braden

A Summer of Sundays is about Sunday Fowler who is the third child of six in her family. When she is left at a gas station by her family and is never missed, her perception of being ignored by her family is reinforced by their actions. Sunday's father has taken a summer job in Alma, PA helping to restore the town's old library and put it back into regular use. The family joins him there, and Sunday is determined to make her mark and somehow show her family that she is somebody. Sunday latches onto the story of Lee Wren, a famous author who lived in Alma. If Sunday can find some hidden secret about Wren that would get the attention of the media, she might finally get noticed. The thing about secrets is that they are secret for a reason, and Sunday finds herself having to make a decision that might change someone's life, and not for the better. In the meantime, we readers find out how important Sunday is to her family and friends by all of the things that she does for them. This is a wonderful coming of age story about a girl who doesn't see her value to her family until it is almost too late. The story was a little slow in the middle, but by the end, all of the build up leads to a satisfying conclusion.

A Summer of Sundays

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