- In Memoriam: Sunny Makes a Splash has an acknowledgement to Jennifer and Michael's late grandfather Michael Hearn, who wrote the poem that Gramps writes in the book to his girlfriend Myrtle (and who also gave Gramps his last name).
- Write What You Know: Much of what happens to Sunny is from Jennifer's childhood.
- Jennifer and Malcolm had a member of the family who had a substance abuse problem, which they write into Sunny's brother Dale in part to show kids they're not alone in facing the shame and embarrassment. His issues are Played for Drama and affect Sunny and the family realistically.
- Sunny takes up flag twirling and Dungeons & Dragons because Jennifer (and Malcolm, with the latter) did so in the 1970s.
- Jenny's first real job was working at the snack bar of a local pool, like Sunny.
- Jennifer started a debate team in high school with a South Asian boy, Kaustuv Banjeree. Their team got second in their first regionals (instead of first).
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