TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Marion Dane
TI  - Sunshine
SN  - 9781536214116
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Families
KW  - Wilderness areas
KW  - Imaginary companions
KW  - Forest fires
KW  - Absentee mothers
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Guilt
KW  - Blame
KW  - Minnesota
N1  - A Junior Library Guild Selection
N2  - For most of Ben's life, he has been a kid without a mom. He has his dad, who knows Ben doesn't like oatmeal and always hugs Ben before bed. And he has Sunshine, his loyal little dog, who is never far from his side. But his mom, who left when he was young, has just been a story, faint in his memory. Now he's about to spend a whole week with her on her remote island in the middle of the northern Minnesota wilderness. Though he's nervous about bears and outhouses and what his mom will think of Sunshine, Ben has a plan. When a fire threatens his mom's island, Ben finally realizes everything he's been trying to forget and learns how to forgive his mom - and himself
ER  -