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Sunny Lancaster wanted to quit running and dance instead. However, Sunny's dad was pressuring him to run for his mom, so he stopped in the middle of his race. Then his coach pulled him aside and asked why he stopped. In the end coach found an alternative for Sunny. Coach showed Sunny the discus and how it's a mix of dancing and track.

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The puzzles Sunny and his dad did symbolizes what they do to grieve. These puzzles also help Sunny remember his mom and what she looked like.

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"When I was a little kid and was all yelly-yelly and Darryl wanted me to be more hushy-hushy, he gave me you and told me to put the noise on your pages whenever i felt like I needed to, which was all the time except for when I was running or sleeping" (Reynolds 3). This quote is significant because it reveals that Sunny is a talkative person with a silent family. It shows that at a young age Sunny was told to put his words in pages, so he grew up to be silent.

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The discus Sunny uses symbolizes a change in his life. Sunny decided to go on his own path and try something different which went well for him.

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Sunny acquired a journal at a young age to make him stop talking, but he grew attached. Sunny writes in his journal almost everyday and finds comfort in it.

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I can relate to Sunny because I used to love soccer and then i just fell apart from it and now I do basketball just like he fell apart from running. Sometimes your old passions become dislikes and that is fine Sunny realized that by his amazing coach helping him.

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Many kids are forced upon a sport they don't want to do and usually fall apart from it just like Sunny. Many parents want their kids to follow after their footsteps, but the kids don't want to be like them. That is why many kids change sports around middle school.

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Sunny and his dad had a bad relationship in the beginning of the book, but they brought back the family bound when Sunny released his feelings to him. Sunny and his dad had a bad relationship because his dad was still grieving over his wife's death and didn't treat him right.

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A lesson I learned in the book "Sunny" is that it is good to change. Change is displayed when Sunny decided he didn't want to run anymore, so he tried the discus and was great.

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Sunny has nobody to talk about his feelings with because his dad always stays silent. He struggles with thoughts about his mom and doesn't know how to ignore them. In the end, Sunny opens up to his dad and they form a bond that helps their horrible thoughts go away.

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I can connect the book "Sunny" to "Ghost" because they both struggle with a parent not being there for them. Their parents can't help the separation, but it still affects their children massively.