Life is great for Andie. Well, until it’s not. Sometimes living with siblings is hard. Especially when you have an older brother like Levi. He’s nothing like Andie and the two haven’t been getting along for weeks. Even when devotions are said and prayers are made, Andie still struggles with her annoying brother. That is, until someone else teases Levi. Then Andie ends up making a terrible mistake that didn’t seem so terrible in the moment. Can Andie learn how to control her anger before it hurts everyone else around her including her best friends in The Sonshine Sister Club? Or will she allow her anger to keep her from becoming more like Jesus? Note from the Author The Sonshine Sister Club series is an idea that came to me one day while I was driving my youngest daughter to and from her dance class. My girls love to read and consume books almost as fast as I consume coffee! She was in the seat behind me, reading her book, when the idea for The Sonshine Sister Club suddenly burst inside my brain. That’s how it often happens for me in my writing—an intense realization that I need to get to my computer and write something down. We are a homeschooling family and in my search for books to add to our library I realized there are very limited books available that feature a homeschooled main character that my girls can relate to. I beta read all my books with my girls and when I first said the words “homeschool co-op” out loud while reading a scene, my daughter perked up and exclaimed, “We go to homeschool co-op, too!” In that moment I realized I was onto something. This book series was needed, even if it was just for my girls. My girls laughed through the stories of Andie, her friends, and her family—especially the scenes with Andie’s older brother, Levi. There is family tension, lots of emotions, and real life in these pages. I wanted a series that felt realistic, and while there are times my own children don't make the best decisions (not that I always do, either!), no child or adult is perfect. We can strive to become more like Jesus just like the Sonshine Sisters do, but we make mistakes along the way. That’s what I wanted in these books. I wanted Andie and her friends to make mistakes and to learn lessons on how to become more like Jesus through them. If you loved The Babysitter’s Club growing up and loved the emotional turmoil of Judy Moody , but you want a focus of Jesus and the rare homeschooled main character—these books are for you and your children! Not all the girls in The Sonshine Sister Club are homeschooled. Between the five girls there are varied school and church choices. I think this is important because we can get so caught up in dividing one another based on our choices that we forget Jesus loves us all and we all can become more like Him in our circumstances. This is an ongoing series where I hope to follow Andie and her friends from 5th grade through 8th grade as they navigate through what can often be a difficult time in life. They are figuring out who they are, being influenced by their changing hormones, and struggling through changing relationships. I hope you enjoy them as much as I love creating them! You can follow me on Instagram as I continue to create books in this series and more! Thank you for supporting a homeschooling momma who loves to write. @shelbeykendallauthor