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Dear Sweet Pea

Julie Murphy
Contents (112)
  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  5. Chapter One
  6. The Cat’s Out of the Box
  8. Chapter Two
  9. The Most Important Meal of the Day
  11. Chapter Three
  12. The Comeback Kid Minus the Comebacks
  14. Chapter Four
  15. AKA Patricia
  17. Chapter Five
  18. One Size Does Not Fit All
  20. Chapter Six
  21. The Difference Between Like and Like-Like
  23. Chapter Seven
  24. Good as Gravy
  26. Chapter Eight
  27. By Invitation Only
  29. Chapter Nine
  30. The Witching Hour
  32. Chapter Ten
  33. 100% Duck
  35. Chapter Eleven
  36. It’s the Thought That Counts
  38. Chapter Twelve
  39. Our Very Best Life
  41. Chapter Thirteen
  42. The Life of the Party
  44. Chapter Fourteen
  45. Ask and You Shall Receive
  47. Chapter Fifteen
  48. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
  50. Chapter Sixteen
  51. Neutral Territory
  53. Chapter Seventeen
  54. A Girl on a Mission
  56. Chapter Eighteen
  57. Paper, Paper, Get Your Paper!
  59. Chapter Nineteen
  60. Risky Business
  62. Chapter Twenty
  63. No Right Choice
  65. Chapter Twenty-One
  66. The Kind of Promise You Can Keep
  68. Chapter Twenty-Two
  69. Behind Door Number Three
  71. Chapter Twenty-Three
  72. Common Ground
  74. Chapter Twenty-Four
  75. Back on the Market
  77. Chapter Twenty-Five
  78. Let It All Out
  80. Chapter Twenty-Six
  81. My Calling
  83. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  84. First-Date Jitters
  86. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  87. Home Sweet Home
  89. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  90. Causing a Scene
  92. Chapter Thirty
  93. A New Kind of Normal
  95. Chapter Thirty-One
  96. Stuck in the Middle
  98. Chapter Thirty-Two
  99. Three Legs Are Better Than Two
  101. Chapter Thirty-Three
  102. Project BFF
  104. Chapter Thirty-Four
  105. Lip-Synching for My Life
  107. Chapter Thirty-Five
  108. Dear Sweet Pea
  109. Author’s Note
  110. About the Author
  111. Copyright
  112. About the Publisher
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Dedication

For Vivienne and Aurelia, my sweet peas

Epigraph

Sometimes, what you’re looking for is already there.

—Aretha Franklin

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter One: The Cat’s Out of the Box

Chapter Two: The Most Important Meal of the Day

Chapter Three: The Comeback Kid Minus the Comebacks

Chapter Four: AKA Patricia

Chapter Five: One Size Does Not Fit All

Chapter Six: The Difference Between Like and Like-Like

Chapter Seven: Good as Gravy

Chapter Eight: By Invitation Only

Chapter Nine: The Witching Hour

Chapter Ten: 100% Duck

Chapter Eleven: It’s the Thought That Counts

Chapter Twelve: Our Very Best Life

Chapter Thirteen: The Life of the Party

Chapter Fourteen: Ask and You Shall Receive

Chapter Fifteen: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Chapter Sixteen: Neutral Territory

Chapter Seventeen: A Girl on a Mission

Chapter Eighteen: Paper, Paper, Get Your Paper!

Chapter Nineteen: Risky Business

Chapter Twenty: No Right Choice

Chapter Twenty-One: The Kind of Promise You Can Keep

Chapter Twenty-Two: Behind Door Number Three

Chapter Twenty-Three: Common Ground

Chapter Twenty-Four: Back on the Market

Chapter Twenty-Five: Let It All Out

Chapter Twenty-Six: My Calling

Chapter Twenty-Seven: First-Date Jitters

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Home Sweet Home

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Causing a Scene

Chapter Thirty: A New Kind of Normal

Chapter Thirty-One: Stuck in the Middle

Chapter Thirty-Two: Three Legs Are Better Than Two

Chapter Thirty-Three: Project BFF

Chapter Thirty-Four: Lip-Synching for My Life

Chapter Thirty-Five: Dear Sweet Pea

Author’s Note

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Chapter One

The Cat’s Out of the Box

I’ve counted my birthday savings three times, and at this rate, I don’t think I’ll ever have enough money to clone myself. I guess it doesn’t help that cloning people isn’t really a thing yet. Trust me, if it was, my mom would’ve already taken me in to make an identical model. One for her. One for Dad. Easy-peasy lemon squeezy.

But since there can only be one Sweet Pea, my parents have decided that the next best way to deal with their divorce is to have two houses. Two completely separate houses on the same street that look just about as identical as two different houses could. Similar paint and rugs and even furniture. Mom gets the original, and Dad gets the dupe, which makes sense since the old house belonged to Nana—Mom’s mom—before she died.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about which of my things to take to Dad’s house, but I’m what Mrs. Young calls a “visual learner,” so this morning Oscar Rivera, my best (and only) friend, and I took an old roll of Dad’s blue painter’s tape and split my room in two. It reminds me of the blue line down the middle of the gym that Coach Jeffers uses for dodgeball, which, if you ask me, is even crueler than the section on rope climbing we did last fall. Not only do your classmates have a popularity death match picking teams, but then they get to peg you with rubber balls too. Hopefully packing up my room won’t be quite as traumatic.