Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holm

Genre: Graphic Novel
Grade Level: 3-7
Reading Level: 2.4 (.5 points) 224 pages
Publisher: Graphix (August 25, 2015)
My Rating: 4 out of 4
Readability: Easy to Read
MHL Division: Crossover

Summary: 
Sunny spends the summer with her grandfather at his retirement home, not because she wants to, but because her older brother's behavior has thrown the family into chaos.
This graphic novel is about a girl who spends some time in Florida with her grandfather at a retirement home. Of course this provides some funny moments because of the contrast in lifestyle from what she is used to. Her immediate family is dealing with an older brother who has some issues with drugs, drinking and abuse and have decided to let Sunny have some time away while they deal with him. 

Younger kids always want to read these graphic novels but the audience is intended for upper elementary and middle school students.  This is not like an "Archie" comic book where it was all in fun and serious issues are not part of the plot.  For older kids, the issues are not addressed in depth but address the fact that some families have members of their family who struggle with drugs.