“As Seen On TV” by Sarah Mlynowski
Sunny Langstein is the protagonist in the novel “As Seen On TV.” Sunny is a very smart and witty 24-year-old who knows the right things to say when it’s necessary. She is white and has long brown hair and light brown eyes. “A piece of pineapple is trapped behind my bottom teeth, in the wire that my orthodontist glued on after I got my braces off.” (pg. 19) She used to have braces, but now she has a wire glued to her teeth. She sometimes speaks or says that she is going to do something without thinking. “I’m amazed at the crap I come up with.” (pg. 27) She says things that even surprise her. She had a great job down in Florida, but she risked it all to move in with her boyfriend of ten months who lived in New York. She figured that if she loved him she should go ahead and take risks for love. “…since the day I started college, my father hasn’t had to lend me a dime.” (pg. 19) She was independent with the way she took care of herself financially.......
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