Meet Sunshine Simpson - a brand-new best friend for 9+ readers! Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.

Sunshine Simpson's larger-than-life Grandad is always telling her to get out and find her own adventures, but unfortunately BAD LUCK has a habit of coming her way.

Her new friend Evie is fast becoming a FRENEMY, her home haircut is a DISASTER, and the school showcase is so STRESSFUL! Everything seems to be going wrong! Especially with Grandad getting older every week.

Sunshine needs to find her voice, but can she break through the clouds to stand tall, stand proud, and show the world she can shine?

PRAISE FOR MY NAME IS SUNSHINE SIMPSON
"An utterly briliant book that had me laughing and crying in equal measure. G.M. Linton has created a truly radiant heroine. It is officially a new favourite." Tolá Okogwu, author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

"A book as warm and radiant as sunshine itself! I loved it." Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy

"A beautiful, heartwarming hug of a book about the power of self-acceptance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with Sunshine!" Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear

"I loved this book, Sunshine entirely lives up to her name in this delightful story that manages to be both sincerely heartfelt and sparklingly funny in equal measure." L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency

"A huge, uplifting hug with a message that says: be yourself; be proud of who you are." Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G

"The story is filled with heart, humour, joy and sadness. I couldn't stop reading." Serena Patel, author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series

"Sunshine lives up to her name - she's charming and hilarious" Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars

"This book made me LAUGH and how it made me CRY" Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of How to Change the World

Prizes

Winner of Wolverhampton Children's Book Award 2024,Winner of The Week Junior Book Awards 2024 (UK),Winner of The Week Junior Book Awards 2024 (UK),Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024 (UK)

A book as warm and radiant as sunshine itself! I loved it. -- Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy
A beautiful, heartwarming hug of a book about the power of self-acceptance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with Sunshine! * Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear *
Great if you are a fan of Jacqueline Wilson * BBC Radio 4's Front Row *
I loved this book, Sunshine entirely lives up to her name in this delightful story that manages to be both sincerely heartfelt and sparklingly funny in equal measure. * L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency *

I was utterly enthralled by this heartwarming story. Through Sunshine, G.M. Linton has perfectly captured childhood insecurities and wrapped them up in a huge, uplifting hug with a message that says: be yourself; be proud of who you are.
I particularly loved the story's celebration of the Windrush generation, the palpable sense of community, and the warmth I felt when reading about Sunshine's wonderful bond with her Grandad Bobby.

-- Jen Carney, author of The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
Sunshine lives up to her name - she's charming and hilarious and so is this wonderful debut title. -- Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars
This is a very special book and like the warmest hug. I loved Sunshine, her voice is so real and relatable. Her family are gorgeous. The story is filled with heart, humour, joy and sadness. I couldn't stop reading. * Serena Patel, author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series *
This uplifting and charming middle-grade by G.M. Linton is warm and funny. It puts a spotlight on the Windrush generation and has the most wonderful grandpa! You'll love it. * A.M. Dassu, author of Boy Everywhere *

Powerful and poignant, it's a celebration of the Windrush generation and the achievements of Black heroes, and it's infused with Caribbean humour, warmth and wisdom...an exciting new voice and one to watch.

Every so often I discover a new writer who completely blows me away. This is one of them. I can't tell you how this book made me LAUGH and how it made me CRY. And how I kept thinking just how lucky we all are that books like this exist today.

I'm just so in love with this book.

When you find something as special as this, you want everyone to read it!

so moving, but also hilarious and heartwarming

It's all so warm and wonderful.

-- Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of How To Be Extraordinary
An utterly brilliant book that had me laughing and crying in equal measure. G.M. Linton has created a truly radiant heroine. It is officially a new favourite. * Tolá Okogwu, author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun *

G.M. Linton lives with her family in the West Midlands and can often be found happily snacking on stuffed green olives or hunting out a slice of cake. She enjoys nothing better than snatching time to read a good book and losing herself whilst imagining characters and storylines. The Sunshine Simpson series is particularly inspired by G.M.'s parents, who arrived in Britain, from Jamaica, as part of the Windrush generation, in the 1950s.