Pie
From the award-winning author of SO B. IT, a story about family, friendship, and...pie!When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat,...
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From the award-winning author of SO B. IT, a story about family, friendship, and...pie!When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of donig something for the right reason.With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. You'll enjoy every last bite.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545270113 (0545270111)
ASIN: B000HTIE16
Publish date: October 1st 2011
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 183
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Family,
Death
This is a sweet historical fiction story about friendship and family and community. It is 1955 when middle grader Alice's beloved Aunt Polly passes away. Polly was the pie lady of Ipswich and the one who really understood Alice. After her death, Alice inherits her aunt Polly's rotund old cat named L...
Darling, comfort book! Review to come.
Alice Anderson's aunt has died, and the entire town is mourning the loss. Aunt Polly, owner of PIE, America's premier pie shop and winner of five Blueberry Awards from the American Pie Association, was not only the engine of the entire town's economy, with buses full of tourists coming in to sample...
This was a serendipitous find in my To Read pile. It turned out to be exactly what I needed after Shine. Both books deal with a young woman (16 in Myracle's book, 12 in this one) who is grieving in a small town. Both books address the loss of work in their respective towns. One is YA, and looks seri...
Great characters, wonderful story. Charming, touching and unique. Made me want to eat lots of pie!
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