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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

Thank you to my family, especially Mom for sharing your sense of adventure and Dad for your love of pizza and politics. I can’t help but thank my furbabies, Dexter, Opie, and Rufus, for offering indiscriminate and endless cuddles. Like Sweet Pea, I have found much comfort in my furry companions.

And how could I forget my favorite person of all? Ian Pearce, thank you for being my partner in everything.

If, like the people whose letters Sweet Pea answered, you ever find yourself feeling a little stuck, I hope you always know that help is never far away. Whether it’s a parent, a teacher, a librarian, a relative, or a friend, never be scared to ask for a little help.

Love,

One Incredibly Lucky Author (aka Julie)

About the Author

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Photo by Christy Archibald

JULIE MURPHY lives in North Texas with her husband, who loves her; her dog, who adores her; and her cats, who tolerate her. After several wonderful years in the library world, Julie now writes full-time. When she’s not writing or reliving her reference-desk glory days, she can be found watching made-for-TV movies, hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, or planning her next great travel adventure. She is also the author of the young adult novels Puddin’, Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary, and Dumplin’ (now a Netflix original film). This is her first book for middle grade readers.

You can visit Julie at www.juliemurphywrites.com.

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Copyright

Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

DEAR SWEET PEA. Copyright © 2019 by Julie Murphy. Illustrations © 2019 by Michelle Cunningham and Ambient Ideas / Shutterstock (stack of paper with clip). All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Cover art © 2019 by Alissa Levy

Cover design and lettering by Jenna Stempel-Lobell

Digital Edition OCTOBER 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-247309-7

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-247307-3

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FIRST EDITION

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