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3 Middle-Grade Novels to Pick Up This Summer
Posted on Jul 13th 2019
We're solidly into the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer! Here are 3 sweet novels featuring baked goods for young readers to read this July.
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
The first in the Love Sugar Magic series, this enchanting tale follows eleven-year-old Leonora, whose family owns a bakery and has a secret--the women are brujas, or witches. Leo can’t wait to start working her own magic, but getting a headstart on the family business doesn’t exactly go as planned . . .
Pie in the Sky by Remi Lai
After twelve-year-old Jingwen, his little brother Yanghao, and their mom move to Australia, Jingwen struggles to make friends and learn English. He also misses his dad, who dreamed of opening a bakery in Australia but died in a car accident two years earlier. While his mom is at work, Jingwen enlists Yanghao’s help in making the cakes his dad used to bake with him in this sweet book with graphic novel-style illustrations throughout.
Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway
This sweet-as-pie novel follows Cady as she moves in with her two aunts after her father is incarcerated. She spends the summer learning how to make pies, getting to know her aunt Shell, becoming friends with a neighbor boy, and watching The Great British Bake-Off.
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